President Bush, as a wartime commander in chief, had an advantage in that to remain in office.

The beard made him look more rugged-like the wartime commander he had become.

"Richard Nixon was a wartime commander in chief," Mr. Taylor said.

Richard Nixon was a wartime commander in chief.

Or was it the desire to make him more electable as a wartime commander?

He is, after all, a wartime commander in chief facing a treacherous battle in Iraq and the challenge of the broader fight against Islamic terrorists.

He was sued by the revisionists, including a wartime commander during the battle, who disputed this and wanted to stop publication of the booklet.

The Washington Post called it "a rare decision to remove a wartime commander".

Despite being defended by her wartime commander, Paul Archard, she was sentenced to death on 7 January 1949.

War was where the rubber met the road and Bush was the consummate wartime commander.