Though things look good so far, how candid the new administration will be with the press and the public is unknowable.
And as a few candid members of the administration are starting to admit, it is beginning to take a toll -- leaving allies to wonder how Mr. Bush might next change course in Iraq.
We would certainly better please the half of America who voted Democrat if Tony Blair today set out on a new role with the Bush administration of candid friend rather than loyal chorus.
Thank you, Bob Herbert ("And the War Goes On," column, Nov. 7), for a clear and candid view of the administration's paralysis of ideas and/or plans for getting us out of Iraq.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to give a more candid picture of the administration's plans for Iraq, said that the commander, Gen. David H. Petraeus, envisioned a pause in troop withdrawals that would last from about four to six weeks.
Mr. Eagleburger, a Republican who rose to prominence as the top aide to Henry A. Kissinger in the Nixon and Ford administrations, was candid in his confidential advice and outspoken in his public comments, particularly regarding his unhappiness about the Iraq war started by President George W. Bush.
His story was credited with ending Gen. Stanley McChrystal's career after it revealed the military's candid criticisms of the Obama administration.
Perhaps one reason the prison administration is so candid about its history is its belief that Eastern is now a much better place.
The story was credited with ending General Stanley McChrystal's career after it revealed the military leader's candid criticisms of the Obama administration.
Speaking in Hackney only last week, Boris re-affirmed that he thought stop-and-search was part of the solution, though his policing deputy Kit Malthouse was candid in acknowledging that the administration is "conflicted" about it - so much depended on how the search was done.
