"The wind did the work that the former president failed to do."

When the war began, "the president had failed to ask for money to fund it," he said.

But these two books make it clear the presidents are still failing.

He said the president had failed to do enough to protect the nation against further terrorist attacks.

The uncomfortable truth is that Congress and the president failed to make an issue of this threat.

If the president fails, the American public has a timetable of its own.

But two Presidents have faced that test and failed it.

I note that the President failed to refer to this agreement in any way.

- The President failed to say what would be done about the bees.

The president failed even to mention the company's name.