Meanwhile: The administration stumbles badly
Losing the war of 16 words
How did Bush’s team stumble so badly?
ANALYSIS
By Dan Balz and Walter Pincus
THE WASHINGTON POST
July 24 — If President Bush’s White House is known for anything, it was competence at delivering a disciplined message and deftness in dealing with bad news. That reputation has been badly damaged by the administration’s clumsy efforts to explain how a statement based on disputed intelligence ended up in the president’s State of the Union address.