Never Mind What I Said

"Well, hey, listen, we've never been "stay the course," George. We have been - we will complete the mission, we will do our job, and help achieve the goal, but we’re constantly adjusting to tactics. Constantly."

-- President Bush, speaking to George Stephanopolous on ABC's This Week on October 22, 2006, claiming his Iraq War strategy has never been about "staying the course"

"We will stay the course."

-- President Bush, 8/30/06

"We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq."

-- President Bush, 8/4/05

"We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course."

-- President Bush, 12/15/03

"And my message today to those in Iraq is: We'll stay the course.

-- President Bush, 4/13/04

"And that's why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. And that’s why when we say something in Iraq, we’re going to do it."

-- President Bush, 4/16/04

"And so we've got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course."

-- President Bush, 4/5/04