As Iraq sees escalating violence, the Bush administration has announced it will delay announcement of a revised Iraq strategy until the new year. President Bush had been expected to deliver a major address before Christmas. But on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said the president isn’t ready.

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow: “We do not know when, so I can’t give you a date, I can’t give you a time, I can’t give you a place, I can’t give you the way in which it will happen. All those questions are yet to be answered. But the most important thing is the president continues to be engaged in the business of talking about the way forward.”