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White House Attacks Woodward's Book Again
The White House has again launched a formal attack on a new book that criticizes President Bush's handling of the Iraq war. It argues that the author's opinions in the book are not supported by his own reporting.
According to the Washington Post, Bob Woodward's new book "The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008"depicts an administration riven by dissension over Iraq war strategy in 2006 and says Bush privately believed U.S. efforts were failing even while declaring publicly that the war was being won.
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said: "A thorough and careful reading of the book leads us to conclude that Woodward's prologue and epilogue are not supported by his own reporting in the body of the manuscript."
Woodward's depiction of the military establishment as being marginalized in the debate over troop levels in Iraq, and his assertion that Bush "maintained an odd detachment" from the management of the war, had been the focus of the criticism.
The
White
House
also
faults
Woodward's
assertion
that
Bush
"rarely
leveled
with
the
public" and
"rarely
was
the
voice
of
realism
on
the
Iraq
war."
The
statement
again
cites
Bush
quotations:
"I
know
many
Americans
are
not
satisfied
with
the
situation
in
Iraq,"
he
said
in
October
2006.
"I'm
not
satisfied,
either."
It
was
the
second
statement
in
a
week
from
the
White
House
criticizing
Woodward.