Analysis: Bush Still Calls Shots on War

The Iraq Study Group

WASHINGTON -- Call President Bush a lame duck, a weakened leader, a disappointed president whose party lost control of Congress _ and the decider when it comes to a new approach in Iraq. After all the studies and recommendations and talk, the president will call the shots.

Members of Congress can complain and investigate, yet there is little they can do to change Iraq policy short of cutting off funds. Regardless of Bush's diminished state, the ball is in his court. While Congress can declare war, the president, after all, is the one who moves troops.

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