Sea of troubles in a stormy month
October 1 The justice department announces it has launched an inquiry into the White House leak identifying a CIA undercover agent
October 2 The Iraq survey group, under weapons expert David Kay admits that six months after Baghdad's fall no weapons of mass destruction have been found
October 4 The foundation run by the president's father announces it will bestow the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service to Senator Edward Kennedy, arguably the president's sternest critic, who denounced the Iraq war as "a fraud"
October 6 The White House confirms that management of the Iraq occupation will be centralised in a new coordinating group run by the national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice
October 7 The defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, says he was not told about the restructuring and insists there have been no real changes
October 15 Senate votes against president and insists that half Iraq's $20bn reconstruction budget should be in the form of loans
It's fun to imagine what a gloves-off American press might be like. Lots of good snarkin' in the above article.
