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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (80420)	3/8/2003 6:39:16 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

I see the Washington Post led with the story about the aluminum tubes, which I still think were too finely machined to be ordered to fire rockets, and ignored the Iraqi drones that Blix hid in his report. They do report that, unlike some of our posters, Bush is calm and confident. washingtonpost.com In Private, Bush Seems Relaxed, Associates Say Mood Appears Upbeat Despite Setbacks on Iraq By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 8, 2003; Page A16 Friends and officials who met with President Bush at the White House this week said they were surprised to find him upbeat and chatty despite a barrage of diplomatic setbacks, and said he seemed to be at peace with the clear path he has set toward war with Iraq. The guests' descriptions of Bush's mood contrast with the studied solemnity that marked his East Room news conference Thursday night, when he appeared bent on convincing American and overseas audiences that he would be a reluctant, not rash, warrior. During a White House breakfast for congressional leaders on Wednesday, Bush brushed off Western Europe's rising opposition to war and instead crowed about the previous weekend's capture in Pakistan of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the al Qaeda operations chief. One of the leaders described Bush as "cocky and relaxed" and said he conveyed the clear impression that he had concluded that attacking Iraq was inevitable. Another lawmaker described Bush as being "in high spirits." This leader said that at the congressional breakfast a month earlier, Bush had "seemed to have the weight of the world on his shoulders." The lawmakers' accounts were echoed by Bush's aides, who said he is still an optimist in settings unrelated to the war. People close to Bush said he has kept to his usual schedule of sleeping from roughly 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. And they said he continues to work out for at least half an hour, at least five or six days a week, alternating between weight-lifting and running -- sometimes on a treadmill and sometimes on an outdoor track. "I do work out daily. And I'm sleeping well at night," Bush told a roundtable for regional newspaper reporters Monday. Officials said he still makes time for long, spontaneous bull sessions with old friends and senior staff members. A meeting with student delegates from a Senate program was scheduled to last 15 minutes but stretched to half an hour. After answering the 14 regional reporters' questions for 35 minutes, he eagerly led them on a tour of the Oval Office. Bush, who has eaten out only a handful of times since taking office, ventured into Northwest Washington last night for a social dinner. "His general disposition as a person, and somebody we work for, hasn't changed<<<<< REST AT: washingtonpost.com