From a late article out from USA Today: “Shortly before Bush administration officials presented Republican congressional leaders with a request for $25 billion in Iraq funding this week, Secretary of State Colin Powell was telling members of the Congressional Black Caucus that no such request would be forthcoming … Powell’s associates tried to downplay the mix-up. But it underscores the continuing rift between President Bush’s departments of State and Defense and deepens the impression that the nation’s top diplomat is being cut out of the decision-making process.”
Can the president apologize for humiliating this guy too? Even apologizing to Abdullah would be a start.