WASHINGTON (CNN) - Many are wondering what President Bush will say in his prime-time speech to the nation about the Iraq war, but it's worth noting one phrase they surely will not hear: "Stay the course."
The president gave up that phrase long ago because it was further complicating efforts to sell a war with sliding public support.
But the fundamental question looming over the president's eighth prime-time address on Iraq is this: Regardless of how the president packages this progress report, will it amount to a de facto stay-the-course battle plan?
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- CNN White House Correspondent Ed Henry