May 24, 2013
Spokesman Ari Fleischer says Bush told them that Iraq's Saddam Hussein remains a threat.
The White House spokesman says Bush hasn't decided how to topple the Iraqi regime, and therefore didn't share any plans with the leaders.
Afterward, Bush held a White House meeting with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior military commanders.
The Pentagon's spokeswoman insists this was just a routine briefing to update the president.
