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WASHINGTON, D.C.—
“I don’t believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.” Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 5/14/03 [1]
“We believe [Hussein] has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.” Vice President Dick Cheney, 3/16/03 [2]
“No one can properly assert that the failure, so far, to find Iraqi WMD stockpiles undermines the reasons for the war.” Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, 5/4/04 [3]
“For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, [as justification for invading Iraq] because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.” Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz, 5/28/03 [4]
“We have never claimed that Saddam Hussein had either direction or control of 9/11,” National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, 9/16/03[5]
“We'll find ample evidence confirming the link--that is the connection, if you will, between al Qaida and the Iraqi intelligence services. They have worked together on a number of occasions.” Vice President Dick Cheney, 1/9/04 [6]
“Deficits don’t matter.” Vice President Dick Cheney, 11/15/02 [7]
“Our fiscal prospects are, in my judgment, a significant obstacle to long-term stability because the budget deficit is not readily subject to correction by market forces.” Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, 5/6/04 [8]
“There really was nothing that looked like it was going to happen inside the United States...There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in the United States.” National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, 4/8/04 [9]
“Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US” Title of August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing
“Americans need to come here[Iraq] and see the opportunity. There is great economic opportunity.” Secretary of Commerce Don Evans[10]
“The military victory of the US-led coalition in March-April 2003 resulted in the shutdown of much of the central economic administrative structure and the loss of a comparatively small amount of capital plant.” CIA World Fact Book
“The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.” President George W. Bush, 1/28/03 [11]
“These 16 words should never have been included.” CIA Director George Tenet, 7/11/03 [12]
“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things we know we don't know. But, there are also unknown unknowns. These are things we don't know we don't know.” Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 3/4/04 [13]
“It’s beginning to make sense to me now.” Rahm Emanuel, 5/7/04
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[1] Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, May 14, 2003
[2] NBC's Meet the Press, March 16, 2003
[3] American Enterprise Institute, May 4, 2004
[4] Vanity Fair interview, May 28, 2003
[5] New York Daily News, Sept. 17, 2003
[6] Rocky Mountain News interview, Jan. 9, 2004
[7] p. 291 Price of Loyalty by Ron Suskind
[8] May 6, 2004
[9] Testimony before 9/11 Commission, April 8, 2004
[10] AP interview February 10, 2004
[11] State of the Union, January 28, 2003
[12] July 11, 2003
[13] Pentagon Briefing, March 4, 2004 |
