01WhiteCobra
07-30-2003, 12:53 PM
President Bush on Wednesday accepted personal responsibility for a discredited portion of last winter's State of the Union address that suggested Saddam Hussein was shopping for nuclear material in Africa.
"I take personal responsibility for everything I say, absolutely," the president said during an hour-long White House news conference where he sought to quell a controversy that has dogged his administration for weeks.
It was the first time he had specifically taken responsibility for the words. In the past, he sidestepped the question, taking responsibility only for his decisions.
Bush also expressed strong support for his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, defending her against criticism over her role in the controversy.
He took responsbility and stood up for Rice. Way to go!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A2184-2003Jul30?language=printer
edit: Way to go! for... What to go! doh!
"I take personal responsibility for everything I say, absolutely," the president said during an hour-long White House news conference where he sought to quell a controversy that has dogged his administration for weeks.
It was the first time he had specifically taken responsibility for the words. In the past, he sidestepped the question, taking responsibility only for his decisions.
Bush also expressed strong support for his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, defending her against criticism over her role in the controversy.
He took responsbility and stood up for Rice. Way to go!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A2184-2003Jul30?language=printer
edit: Way to go! for... What to go! doh!