Administration Hits Back at McClellan

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Administration Hits Back at McClellan
May 29, 2008
New York Post

President Bush is "surprised" and "disappointed" by a new book by his former spokesman that charges the president with using a "propaganda campaign" to sell the "unnecessary" Iraq war to the American public.

"He doesn't recognize this as the Scott McClellan that he hired and confided in and worked with for so many years," Dana Perino, the current presidential press secretary, told reporters yesterday as Bush flew to Utah aboard Air Force One.

In the book, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception," McClellan says he still likes and admires Bush - but claims the president's hands-off management style led aides to run a "permanent campaign" under his name.

From Stockholm, Sweden, meanwhile, where she is attending an international conference on Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rejected McClellan's allegation that the administration misled the American public about the reasons for the war.

Rice would not comment specifically on his claims, but said Bush was honest and forthright about the reasons for the war. She also said she remained convinced that toppling Saddam Hussein was right and necessary.


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/news/article/administration-hits-back-at-mcclellan.html?col=1186032310810



uhc comment: The New York Post is catapulting the propaganda. Color me surprised. Not.