Photo Opportunity

This get together was obviously a phony, meant only as a penultimate photo opportunity. Above we see the participants, 13 secretaries of defense and state, after they had consulted with Bush about the world situation. Unfortunately, what they got was 40 minutes of upbeat briefing about how beautifully things are going in Iraq, followed by a rigorous, no-holds-barred interchange with the President lasting no more than 10 minutes. This then led to the picture as posed above.