Amid Hints Bush Will Change Policy, Clues He Won’t

We'll see superficial changes like Bolton's firing but no shft in Iraq policy.
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December 4, 2006
News Analysis
Amid Hints Bush Will Change Policy, Clues He Won’t
By DAVID E. SANGER

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — The debate that will engulf Washington and much of the country this week centers on a question that lurks at the intersection of war strategy and the personality of the commander in chief: after three and a half years, is President Bush ready to abandon his declaration that American forces cannot begin to leave Iraq until the Iraqis demonstrate that they are capable of defending themselves?

As administration officials tried to prepare the ground over the weekend for the release of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group’s long-awaited report on Wednesday, the president’s national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, repeatedly sidestepped questions about how the administration would react to the panel’s recommendations.
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