“A dozen top congressional Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, sent a letter to the president [Bush] on July 30 [2006]. ‘Far from implementing a comprehensive *Strategy for Victory* as you promised months ago, your administration’s strategy appears to be one of trying to avoid defeat,’ it read. ‘Meanwhile, U.S. troops and taxpayers continue to pay a high price as your Administration searched for a policy.’ It concluded, ‘Mr. President, simply staying the course in Iraq is not working. We need to take a new direction.’ ”
– Bob Woodward, The War Within, Page 80