Bush Defies Lawmakers To Solve Iraq

Gates Says Doubts Bolster Enemy

By MICHAEL ABRAMOWITZ and JONATHAN WEISMAN
Washington Post Staff Writers

Filed 1.27.07

(WP) -- Declaring "I'm the decision maker," President Bush yesterday challenged congressional efforts to formally condemn his Iraq plan, while Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned that a proposed Senate resolution criticizing the deployment of additional troops would embolden the enemy.

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