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WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chief Deputy Whip, issued
today’s “Bush
Administration’s Misstatement of the Day” on Iraq and weapons of mass
destruction.
David
Kay, who reports to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and
directs the 1200 member Iraq Survey Group searching for weapons of mass
destruction, will release his interim report later this month. According
to the New York Times:
“An
early draft of an interim report by the American leading the hunt for banned
weapons in Iraq says his team has not found any of the unconventional weapons
cited by the Bush administration as a principal reason for going to war,
federal officials with knowledge of the findings said today.”
However,
during the State of the Union Address on 1/28/03, President Bush warned:
“With
nuclear arms or a full arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, Saddam
Hussein could resume his ambitions of conquest in the Middle East and create
deadly havoc in that region.”
President
Bush then proclaimed on 5/29/03 during an interview with TVP, Poland:
“We
found the weapons of mass destruction.”
Read
today’s stories from New York Times and Washington Post about the report:
Draft
Report Said to Cite No Success in Iraq Arms Hunt (New York Times,
9/25/03)
Iraq
Weapons Report Won't Be Conclusive. U.S. Has Sought to Lower Expectations
For Evidence Amid Growing Criticism (Washington Post, 9/25/03)
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