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“This may be a little too subtle . . .”

■ In CBS News/New York Times poll, President Bush earns 51 percent approval rating. . .. Bush: “The strength of this country is the fact that when communities all across America, when we find somebody who hurts, there is some good soul willing to stand up and say, ‘I love you.’” . . . In ABC News poll, 50 percent approve Bush’s handling of Iraq and 62 percent oppose administration request to spend extra $87 billion on Iraq. . . . Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld: “I’m sure you’ve heard suggestions that the Iraq plan is flawed; that the U.S. is going it alone; that the U.S. didn’t anticipate the level of resistance the coalition would face; and that the U.S. failed to send enough forces to do the job. I’m speaking of course about the suggestions that were offered two weeks into the Iraq war when some prognosticators were declaring that Operation Iraqi Freedom was a failure. Then the coalition forces took Baghdad in 21 days.” . . . Sen. Jon Kyl (R.,Ariz.): “Nations that opposed the Iraq war need to end their fixation on petty grievances and lend a hand.” . . . CIA weapons expert David Kay: “We have found substantial evidence of an intent of senior- level Iraqi officials, including Saddam, to continue production at some future point in time of weapons of mass destruction.” . . . More Kay: “We have not found at this point actual weapons. It does not mean we’ve concluded there are no actual weapons.”

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“This may be a little too subtle . . .”

■ In CBS News/New York Times poll, President Bush earns 51 percent approval rating. . .. Bush: “The strength of this country is the fact that when communities all across America, when we find somebody who hurts, there is some good soul willing to stand up and say, ‘I love you.’” . . . In ABC News poll, 50 percent approve Bush’s handling of Iraq and 62 percent oppose administration request to spend extra $87 billion on Iraq. . . . Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld: “I’m sure you’ve heard suggestions that the Iraq plan is flawed; that the U.S. is going it alone; that the U.S. didn’t anticipate the level of resistance the coalition would face; and that the U.S. failed to send enough forces to do the job. I’m speaking of course about the suggestions that were offered two weeks into the Iraq war when some prognosticators were declaring that Operation Iraqi Freedom was a failure. Then the coalition forces took Baghdad in 21 days.” . . . Sen. Jon Kyl (R.,Ariz.): “Nations that opposed the Iraq war need to end their fixation on petty grievances and lend a hand.” . . . CIA weapons expert David Kay: “We have found substantial evidence of an intent of senior- level Iraqi officials, including Saddam, to continue production at some future point in time of weapons of mass destruction.” . . . More Kay: “We have not found at this point actual weapons. It does not mean we’ve concluded there are no actual weapons.”