I think I previously indicated that he attended three Hanukkah receptions at the White House. It is actually only two Hanukkah receptions that he att… - Scott McClellan

In this case, the 'liberal media' didn't live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served.

This relationship is built on trust, and you know very well that I have worked hard to earn the trust of the people in this room, and I think I've earned it -- and I think I've earned it with the American people.

As I have heard Bush say, only a wartime president is likely to achieve greatness, in part because the epochal upheavals of war provide the opportunity for transformative change of the kind Bush hoped to achieve. In Iraq, Bush saw his opportunity to create a legacy of greatness.