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The president indicated that he would not cede authority to the United Nations or agree to a quick transfer of power to get a new resolution, saying, "I'm not so sure we have to, for starters."
Bush said he would be willing to expand the U.N. role in Iraq only in a narrow fashion, such as assisting the interim Governing Council in writing a constitution.
"I mean, they're good at that," he said in the interview, which was conducted Sunday. "Or, perhaps when an election starts, they'll oversee the election. That would be deemed a larger role."
Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm often still amazed at how George W. Bush can be handed an interview, and so efficiently hang himself with it. What's even more scary: it may not even result in the death of his career, due largely to the astonishing apathy of the American people.
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