The rest of the foreign policy team seemed to be preoccupied with regime change or, in the case of Condi Rice, seemingly more interested in accommodating the president's instincts and ideas than in questioning them or educating him.
McClellan critiques the foreign policy team for not challenging President Bush's views on the Iraq war.
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