Bush on Iraq: no more use of `stay the course'

A leading Republican senator says Iraq is "on the verge of chaos." Lindsay Graham of South Carolina says, "the current plan is not working," and that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and the generals leading the war should be held accountable.

The White House says it will adjust its strategy.

President Bush has decided not to use the phrase "stay the course" any more to describe his Iraq policy.

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow says the phrase doesn't capture the "dynamism" of the tactics America and its allies are employing.

The announcement came two weeks ahead of an election in which Democrats are calling for a change of direction in Iraq.