[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21470]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  (Ms. BERKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, the Duelfer report submitted by the chief 
U.S. weapons inspector to Congress yesterday confirms what we already 
knew: Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction, no nuclear weapons, no 
weapons programs. There is no evidence that Saddam Hussein had a plan 
to recruit or the capabilities to rebuild his arsenal of chemical and 
biological weapons.
  Yet, George Bush, Dick Cheney continue to mislead the American people 
by ignoring the facts and trying to justify the invasion of a nation 
that we now know posed no imminent threat to the United States. It is 
bad enough that we went to war based on the worst intelligence in this 
Nation's history. What is shameful and unforgivable is that the 
President who led us into this unnecessary war refuses to acknowledge 
our profound mistake and take responsibility for it.
  The smirk, the swagger, the unbending stubbornness of this President 
has worn thin in the face of the reality of what is going on on the 
ground in Iraq. It is time that we elect a President with true 
leadership characteristics who will not lie to the American people and 
who can restore the respect and honor we once enjoyed in the world 
community.

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