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According to President Bush, what was “the surge”?

a decision to maintain the strategy he was using in the Iraq War

a process of reviewing the policies that governed Iraq

a dramatic policy shift, including reinforcements and a new mission
We reviewed the strategy – and changed course in Iraq. We sent reinforcements into the country in a dramatic policy shift that is now known as “the surge.” General David Petraeus took command with a new mission.

–President George W. Bush
Statement on the Iraq War
2008

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A dramatic policy shift, including reinforcements and a new mission.

Bush explicitly said they "changed course" and "sent reinforcements ... in a dramatic policy shift that is now known as 'the surge.'"