The recording notes that the Obama administration includes key figures from the previous Bush administration, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
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Senator Kennedy notesthat President Bush accused Saddam Hussein of aiding and protecting terrorists, including al Qaeda members.
But Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School and a former chairman of George Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, notesthat private-equity partners, given the sort of accountants that they can afford, would no doubt find a way to avoid the higher tax.
It contains a hint of progress being made, Mr Bush sometimes mentions the name of a recent al-Qaeda captive and notesthat "he won't be troubling us any more", but it guards against expectations that this war can be won quickly.