Tomorrow, the White House will release a document called the "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq." You can't get any more straight forward than that, can you? Well, there was "Bin Laden determined to strike in US," but as Condi Rice had us wonder, what's in a title?
QUESTION: This document that's coming out, can you just tell us a little bit more about what might be in that, that we haven't seen before?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think just, generally, it'll outline our strategy for victory in Iraq and talk about the three different elements within that strategy that I just mentioned. Beyond that, wait until it comes out.
QUESTION: Who wrote the -
MR. McCLELLAN: Our National Security Council, obviously, has taken a lead in this effort. But, I mean, various people within the White House have been involved in this. The Department of Defense obviously has been very involved in it, as well. As I said, it's an unclassified version of the plan that we have had in place and the plan that we've been pursuing.
QUESTION: Are we going to be shocked by anything in it? I mean, the President has outlined the strategy before, right?
MR. McCLELLAN: What's that?
QUESTION: Are we going -
MR. McCLELLAN: I think one purpose of providing this document is so that the American people can have a clear sense of our strategy for success in Iraq, and so that they can see how we look at the enemy, the nature of the enemy that we're facing and they can see how we define success in Iraq and how we are going about achieving victory in Iraq. And that's an important thing for the American people to be able to look at and understand.
[White House Press Briefing - 11-29-05]
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