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SW: →Another "new phase" in Iraq: expanded narrative
*October 6, 2003: Bush gave National Security Adviser [[Condoleezza Rice]], who was to head the [[Iraq Stabilization Group]], the "authority to manage post-war Iraq and the rebuilding of Afghanistan." Bush spokesman [[Scott McClellan]] said "It's a '''new phase''', a different phase we're entering." [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-10-06-rice-iraq_x.htm]
*May 1, 2003: At a press briefing aboard Air Force One, White House spokesman [[Ari Fleischer]] [http://www2.jsonline.com/news/gen/may03/137907.asp?format=print said]: "On the foreign policy front, [the President] emphasized that he has more on his mind than Iraq, saying that the U.S. was committed to 'freedom ... in a peaceful [[Palestine]],' as well as in [[Afghanistan]] and Iraq. 'We clearly are entering into a '''new phase''' internationally ..." *April 25, 2003: At a White House press briefing, spokesman [[Ari Fleischer]] [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0304/25/se.02.html said] "at the appropriate time when the president is ready, the president will have more thoughts to share with the nation about the mission, what was accomplished in the mission, that the combat phase of the operation has come to a conclusion and that a '''new phase''' of reconstruction and freedom is beginning."
*March 13, 2002: Bush, speaking of [[Osama bin Laden]], [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html said] in a White House press briefing "That's one of the things -- part of the '''new phase''' that's becoming apparent to the American people is that we're working closely with other governments to deny sanctuary, or training, or a place to hide, or a place to raise money."
