Mcclellan Based Book On 'Reflection' ; Concedes He Relied On Woodward '04 Book for Chapter On Iraq

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Scott McClellan's most explosive charges about the Iraq war are based not on any new evidence but rather on his reading of books and magazine articles after leaving the White House and on a period of "reflection."

On NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Mr. McClellan repeated his statement from his book that President Bush misled the country into war, but he also repeated that his main source for this was Bob Woodward's 2004 book "Plan of Attack."

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Mcclellan Based Book On 'Reflection' ; Concedes He Relied On Woodward '04 Book for Chapter On Iraq

The eighth chapter of Mr. McClellan's book is titled, "Selling the War," and in it, the Texas native relies on Mr. Woodward's book to argue that in late 2001, "Bush had already made the decision to go to war - even if he convinced himself it might still be avoi...

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