Yahoo! News - Bush Adviser Apologizes Over Iraq Claim: "The controversial passage citing a British intelligence report 'should have been taken out of the State of the Union,' Hadley said. He said he was taking responsibility on behalf of the White House staff just as Tenet had for the CIA.
'There were a number of people who could have raised a hand' to have the passage removed from the draft of Bush's Jan. 28 address, Hadley said. 'And no one raised a hand.'
'The process failed,' said White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett.
Still, Bartlett said that Bush, while perturbed by the developments, 'has full confidence in his national security adviser, his deputy national security adviser and the director of central intelligence.' "

His loyalty to people who take the responsibility for him is touching.
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