Policy Reversal
In May 2005, Representative Jones, having arrived at the belief that the United States went to war "with no justification", said of the "freedom fries" episode: "I wish it had never happened." As of July 31, 2006, the House had quietly changed the names for both items in all the cafeterias back to "French fries" and "French toast", including the cafeteria in the Longworth Office Building, which had restored French fries to the menu in January 2006.
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