President Bush, center, sits with, from left to right, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Vice President Dick Cheney, outgoing Defense Sec. Donald Rumsfeld and incoming Defense Sec. Robert Gates before the start of their meeting with senior U.S. Department of Defense Officials on Iraq at the Pentagon.

First published in the December 13, 2006, 10:28 p.m. edition

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