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Tuesday, December 6, 2005 12:00 AM

Bush on Iraq, again: No military backdrop, but no questions, either

The president will stand by the troops at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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    Rumsfeld & Cheney

    One thinks he knows where the truth is even though he still does not know where the roadside bombs are.

    The other thinks his reelection relieves him of ever again having to face questions. That is so 2004.

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