premise: The US death toll in Iraq has now reached 2,947, according to an AFP count based on Pentagon figures. In December alone, at least 64 soldiers have been killed.
  Bush has been harshly criticized in some quarters for not attending funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq, but frequently holds private meetings with families of the fallen.
  The president also said he was also at peace with the decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
  "I haven't questioned whether or not it was right to take Saddam Hussein out. I mean, I've questioned it -- I've come to the conclusion that it was the right decision.
   What did the president do that led him to come to the conclusion that he made the right decision?
hypothesis: Bush has been harshly criticized