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Friday, 06 June 2008 |
SelectPlusFormer Press Secretary's Book Bashes BushFormer Press Secretary's Book Bashes BushThe Associated PressFormer Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new memoir is a blistering tell-all book about President Bush, who he accuses of manipulating the truth to sell the Iraq War. (May 27)Notes:white house pool: file McClellan footage It's a shocking indictment from a charter member of Team Bush. Notes:aptn: Book zoom inThis new memoir by former Press Secretary Scott McClellan calls the Iraq War a mistake -- and has harsh words for the president who ordered it. Notes:aptn file iraq video/aptn Graphic (over Iraq file footage)? McClellan writes the war's been a "strategic blunder'' -- and was justified by a "political propaganda campaign" that sometimes shaded the truth. Notes:white house pool: bush at air force academyAnd the president? He managed Iraq in a way that "almost guaranteed ... the use of force". Notes:white house pool: McClellan walkin shotThat's the polar opposite of what McClellan said from the podium. Notes:white house pool, fileMCCLELLAN SOT: "If there was a credible and legitimate opportunity to resolve it peacefully we would have pursued it." (FONT: Nov. 6, 2003) Notes:aptn File footage Katrina, aptn file Rove, capitol hill pool Valerie PlameMeantime, the ex-spokesman bluntly |
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