Looks like somebody forgot to tell the President about it.
At a White House meeting of senior officials Monday, Johnson wrote, "Bush reportedly said he was not in favor of the new term . . . In fact, he said, 'no one checked with me.' That comment brought an uncomfortable silence to the assembled group of pooh-bahs. The president insisted it was still a war as far as he is concerned."
By yesterday, Rumsfeld was back to GWOT in his prepared remarks to a Dallas business group.
"We do not discuss internal meetings at the White House," a spokesman there said, adding that a look at "the president's speeches over the last four years clearly demonstrates that our nation is at war."
Right on, Mr. President.