From Think Progress
By Nico

CNN’s John King reported this afternoon that President Bush is planning a substantial policy shift on Iraq and is very seriously considering– agreeing with Sen. John McCain and increasing U.S. troop levels in the short-term.

King said the White House has postponed the announcement of the policy shift to January because Bush has asked for more advice about how he could send 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq, and administration officials need more time to put all that on the table.

King said the White House sees a political benefit to delaying the announcement. If you are going to disagree with the Iraq Study Group and not accept its major recommendations, then let some time go by, let the American people forget about that a little bit and buy some time for critics to attack the ISG.

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