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Democrats: Panel's Findings Consistent With Their Proposals
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said the report offers the president a "lifeline of opportunity" to turn things around in Iraq.
"If he takes it, there's a chance we can find a new, bipartisan way forward, a chance that Iraq, one day, might be a place of stability, rather than a failed state with warring factions," Feinstein said.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), a Vietnam veteran who currently chairs the House Armed Services Committee, called the study group's recommendations "fairly complex and robust."
Asked if Bush should embrace the recommendations, Hunter said: "We should come out of this process as a unified country standing behind our president . . . not a group over here in Congress saying the president is going the wrong direction."
The report, Hunter said, should be used "as a tool to advise the president."
Snow was asked at the White House briefing if Bush will announce any policy changes for Iraq by year's end.
"I don't know," Snow said. "It's a good question."
A moment later, Snow said Bush will "describe what he sees as the way forward" after the administration examines the study group and Pentagon reports.
"Because it's clear," Snow said, "that the present situation is not one that can be sustained or accepted."
Staff writer Josh White contributed to this report.
