The Bush White House plans to write the September report itselfeven though the report was supposed to be from General Petraeus on the results of Bush's escalation in Iraq. So the Bush White House will be writing its own report cardon the "success" of its own Iraq policies.

In response to the public outrage, an irked White House spokeswoman Dana Perino tried to claim yesterday during a press briefing that the report wasn't supposed to come from General Petraeus in the first place:

"Well, let me remind you of a couple of things. The Congress asked for these reports from the President; they asked for the President to report to the Congress."

But Bush directly contradicted the claims of his own spokeswoman during a press conference, July 12:

"I would ask members of Congress to give the general a chance to come back and to give us a full assessment of whether this is succeeding or not. And it's at that point in time that I will consult with members of Congress and make a decision about the way forward..."

During the same press conference, Bush says multiple times that he is waiting for the report "by General Petraeus" and that he is "going to wait for David [Petraeus] to come back...and give us the report on what he sees."

Read the full transcript here.

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