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From press gaggle with Ari Fleischer on 26 March 2003:

Aboard Air Force One -   - En Route Tampa, Florida

MR. FLIESCHER: Anything else?
Q Yes, why was the French toast named Freedom toast? (Laughter.)
Q Is that a White House decision?
MR. FLEISCHER: I'm not a Hobbit, so I didn't have a second breakfast. I had my breakfast before I came in. Is that what it said?
Q Yes.
MR. FLEISCHER: It said Freedom toast?
Q Yes.
Q Was that at the administration request, or was that --
MR. FLEISCHER: I just -- we're always proud of the men and women of our Air Force. (Laughter.)

From the New York Times U.S. Presses U.N. Members to Bear More of Iraq Burden (22 Aug 2003)

Using the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad as a rallying cry, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell sought today to build support for a new Security Council resolution that would persuade other major nations to contribute more troops and aid to secure and rebuild Iraq under the aegis of the American-led occupation.
His appeal was not rejected out of hand by any Council members, but it met with a wary response from Germany and Russia and an icy rebuke from France.

From Reuters: France Dismisses U.S. Call for More Troops in Iraq (22 Aug 2003)

Please, please, please change the menu on Air Force One so that it reads French toast!

posted by Quiddity at 8/22/2003 11:42:00 AM