Rumsfeld, Bremer flip-flop

The Bush administration is finally losing control of its message.

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and former US administrator in Iraq Paul "Jerry" Bremer straying from the White House script, are retracting their statements about mistakes committed by the Bush administration both before and following the invasion of Iraq.

This is a body blow for the Bush reelection campaign and it follows the flip-flop last month by the President when he declared that the "War on Terror" could not be won, only to correct himself a day later.

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Bremer critique raises furor

White House spokesman Scott McClellan refused to say whether Bremer had pleaded with Bush for more troops. "We never get into reading out all the conversations they had," McClellan said.