Fresh eyes
President Bush receives some fresh eyes from Iraq
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December 21st, 2006 at 21:15
Here’s a real quote (Monday 12/18 ) with the typical “fresh eyes” on Iraq reference, with respect to the new war controller’s trip:
Q Tony, when does Secretary Gates go to Iraq, tomorrow?
MR. SNOW: One thing you never do is announce when somebody is going to go to Iraq.
Q Well, is it a safe assumption he’ll probably go and get back sometime within the next four or five days?
MR. SNOW: Again, I’m just not going to do it. The one thing you want to do, for the security of people who are making trips like that, is not make any announcements about when they’re going to be there. He said he will go there soon after being sworn in.
Q I guess the reason I’m asking is I assume there’s some piece of the puzzle that fresh eyes from the new Defense Secretary is going to add to the deliberations. Is that –
MR. SNOW: The President has said — I don’t know if it’s a fresh piece of the puzzle, but the President has said that he wants to give the Defense Secretary an opportunity to assess the situation. And he’s been getting a lot of intensive briefings about policy, and so on. So, absolutely, he wants them to be able to have fresh eyes on the problem.