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false <![CDATA[State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III]]> 27506 11 "Insurgents and terrorists retain the resources and capabilities to sustain and even increase current level of violence through the next year." This was the secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House in May 2006. The forecast of a more violent 2007 in Iraq contradicted the repeated optimistic statements of President Bush, including one, two days earlier, when he said we were at a "turning point" that history would mark as the time "the forces of terror began their long retreat." State of Denial examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. Two days after the May report, the Pentagon told Congress, in a report required by law, that the "appeal and motivation for continued violent action will begin to wane in early 2007." In this detailed inside story of a war-torn White House, Bob Woodward reveals how White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, with the indirect support of other high officials, tried for 18 months to get Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld replaced. The president and Vice President Cheney refused. At the beginning of Bush's second term, Stephen Hadley, who replaced Condoleezza Rice as national security adviser, gave the administration a "D minus" on implementing its policies. A SECRET report to the new Secretary of State Rice from her counselor stated that, nearly two years after the invasion, Iraq was a "failed state."State of Denial reveals that at the urging of Vice President Cheney and Rumsfeld, the most frequent outside visitor and Iraq adviser to President Bush is former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who, haunted still by the loss in Vietnam, emerges as a hidden and potent voice.Woodward reveals that the secretary of defense himself believes that the system of coordination among departments and agencies is broken, and in a SECRET May 1, 2006, memo, Rumsfeld stated, "the current system of government makes competence next to impossible."State of Denial answers the core questions: What happened after the invasion of Iraq? Why? How does Bush make decisions and manage a war that he chose to define his presidency? And is there an achievable plan for victory? Bob Woodward's third book on President Bush is a sweeping narrative -- from the first days George W. Bush thought seriously about running for president through the recruitment of his national security team, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the struggle for political survival in the second term. After more than three decades of reporting on national security decision making -- including his two #1 national bestsellers on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Bush at War (2002) and Plan of Attack (2004) -- Woodward provides the fullest account, and explanation, of the road Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and the White House staff have walked. 815106 30 9 2006 State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III total:885|5:138|4:400|3:292|2:47|1:8| 885 3268 1244 156 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 11:18:02 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 11:29:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 08:27:17 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 08:45:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Mar 05 07:45:40 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 19 05:28:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 10:46:26 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 10:49:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 13:00:02 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 13:08:18 -0700 2009 After reading it I feel the mess our President along with Rumsfeld- cheney and Rice are surpr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 06:28:03 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 06:33:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:43:51 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:54:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:34:48 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:38:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 07:52:01 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 08:02:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:53:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:25:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:21:25 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 10:48:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Oct 24 02:57:12 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 03:18:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 12:48:52 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 15:52:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 05:46:02 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 19:30:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 23:51:05 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 00:14:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 20:43:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:48:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 17:13:32 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 20:38:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 26 11:58:19 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 12:01:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 22:20:29 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 09:24:04 -0700 2008
Rumsfeld comes across like a villain puppet ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 18 18:36:04 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 21:34:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=27506