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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (5631)	7/11/2003 1:41:45 AM
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Bush dismisses criticism of false Iraq intelligence Note: ALL 3 departments --CIA, Pentagon, and State Department had access to the speech for several days ahead of delivery........AND NONE changed the wording..... By Dana Milbank and Mike Allen The Washington Post seattletimes.nwsource.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>But White House officials said the uranium claim was included in the president's Jan. 28 address only after the wording had been approved by the CIA, Pentagon and State Department. In his remarks, Bush declared: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." Dan Bartlett, the White House communications director, said the passage was included in drafts of the speech for at least 10 days before Bush delivered it. Bartlett said he knew of no objections to including the charge, or debate over the wording. "We wouldn't lead with something that we thought could be refuted," Bartlett said. "There was no debate or questions with regard to that line when it was signed off on. This was not a last-minute addition." Bartlett said the sentence was included as part of a desire to build a five-point case against Saddam — that he possessed, or was seeking, biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, had a history of human-rights violations and had links to terrorism. <<<<<<<<<<<<

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