"Senior U.S. administration officials have told the U.S. Congress that they could not promise that the Bush administration would fulfill its January pledge to continue to seek warrants from a secret court for a domestic wiretapping program," reports the International Herald Tribune.
Hey, it was only a New Year's resolution. You don't expect people to keep those.
And on the Iraq issue:
"Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed," he said. "And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence."
So there you have his definition and his way out of the mess (and the reason he doesn't want a time table). As soon as sectarian violence is down, he can pull out the troops and claim success. Mission Accomplished.
And in regards to the war bill veto, Bush said:
''I'm confident we can reach agreement,'' the president said moments after the vote as he sat down with leaders of the Democratic-controlled Congress, who have vowed repeatedly to force him to change his war policy.
You know why he's confident?
''The question is, Who ought to make that decision?'' Bush said in a speech. ''The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear -- I'm the commander guy.''
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