Military Officials: Bush Speeding Gen. Casey's Transfer From Iraq Over Policy Disagreements...

The New York Times DAVID E. SANGER, MICHAEL R. GORDON and JOHN F. BURNS January 1, 2007 10:40 PM

Over the past 12 months, as optimism collided with reality, Mr. Bush increasingly found himself uneasy with General Casey's strategy. And now, as the image of Saddam Hussein at the gallows recedes, Mr. Bush seems all but certain not only to reverse the strategy that General Casey championed, but also to accelerate the general's departure from Iraq, according to senior military officials.

General Casey repeatedly argued that his plan offered the best prospect for reducing the perception that the United States remained an occupier -- and it was a path he thought matched Mr. Bush's wishes. Earlier in the year, it had.

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