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Convinced ‘Success’ Is Possible in Iraq, Bush Does It His Way

By Morton M. Kondracke
Roll Call Executive Editor
Sept. 20, 2007, Midnight

President Bush is so convinced that he’s got the right policy in Iraq — and that it can succeed — that he rejects pleas from Capitol Hill moderates for a declared change of mission.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor leaves the podium after speaking to reporters at the Republican National Committee following a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Feb. 7.

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