The general's secret assessment, leaked to the Washington Post several weeks ago, follows the president's basic approach, but says it could fail unless he gets more troops.
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No matter what gadget you use, thebasicapproach is the same.
His report says there is "no appetite or good reason to change thebasicapproach underlying British military campaign medals policy", which is that they "should be awarded sparingly, on the basis of genuine risk and rigour".
Here as elsewhere like a direct question about how each candidate was different from Bush there was no indication that either candidate was willing to admit that they want to largely preserve thebasicapproach to governance adopted during the Bush administration.