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"Sid9" <sid9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Tonight, on NBC news, Tim Russert
> described how eleven Republican
> members of congress laid the law
> down to the "Commander Guy"
Transcript:
WILLIAMS: Tonight weıre also able to re****t new and exclusive details on
the politics of the war in Iraq, specifically involving President Bush
and members of his own party. For that we are joined by our Wa****ngton
Bureau Chief Tim Russert. What do we know?
RUSSERT: Brian, all eyes on the Republican Party. How long will they
sup****t the presidentıs position on the Iraq war? Yesterday may have
been a defining pivotal moment. At 2:30 in the afternoon in the private
quarters of the White House, the Salarium room, 11 Republican
congressmen had a private meeting with the President, the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of State, the chief political adviser Karl Rove
and the White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and others. It was headed
by Mark Kirk of Illinois and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania. It was, in
the words of one of the parties, the ³most unvarnished conversation
theyıve ever had with the president.² Another member said he has met
with three presidents and never have been so can candid. They told the
president, and one said, ³My district is prepared for defeat. We need
candor, we need honesty, Mr. President.² The president responded, ³I
donıt want to pass this off to another president. I donıt want to pass
this off, particularly, to a Democratic president,² underscoring he
understood how serious the situation was. Brian, the Republican
congressman then went on to say, ³The word about the war and its
progress cannot come from the White House or even you, Mr. President.
There is no longer any credibility. It has to come from Gen. Petraeus.²
The meeting lasted an hour and 15 minutes and was, in the words of one,
³remarkable for the bluntness and no-holds-barred honesty in the message
delivered by all these Republican congressmen.²
WILLIAMS: And Tim, in the seconds remaining, how did the president
react, and how then did this affect the instructions for Vice President
Cheney heading off to Iraq.
RUSSERT: One congressman said, ³How can our sons and daughters spill
their blood while the Iraqi government goes on vacation?² The president
responded, ³The vice president is over there to tell them, do not go on
vacation.²
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