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Bush Defends War Effort
ResumeThe administration hopes that the speech will show the American people that the president has a strategy for the handover of Iraqi power, and that that strategy is being implemented effectively. Whether that is the case has been subject for intense public debate among politicians, pundits, and the retired officer corps.
Click the "Listen" link to hear Bush's speech and follow-up analysis.
Guests:
Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration (1981-1985) and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
EJ Dionne, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
This program aired on May 24, 2004.