I especially like the last line posted.
‘Bush: Iraq troop boost ‘going forward’
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago
Digging in for confrontation, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney say they will not budge from sending more U.S. troops to Iraq no matter how much Congress opposes it.
“I fully understand they could try to stop me,” Bush said of the Democrat-run Congress. “But I’ve made my decision, and we’re going forward.”
As the president talked tough in an interview that aired Sunday night, lawmakers pledged to explore ways to stop him.
“We need to look at what options we have available to constrain the president,” said Democratic Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) of Illinois, a possible White House candidate in 2008. Democrats remain wary, though, of appearing unsupportive of American troops.
A defiant Cheney, meanwhile, said Democrats offered criticism without credible alternatives. He pointedly reminded lawmakers that Bush is commander in chief.
“You cannot run a war by committee,” the vice president said of congressional input.’
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