[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21471]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION REPORT

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, listen to these words: ``There can be no 
doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological and chemical weapons.'' 
Secretary of State Colin Powell. ``Iraq could have nuclear weapons in 
less than one year.'' President Bush. ``Iraq is rebuilding chemical and 
biological weapons facilities. We believe, in fact, he has 
reconstituted nuclear weapons.'' Vice President Cheney.
  These are the words used by the Bush administration to convince the 
world that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat to the American 
people; but as confirmed by the President's own weapons inspector, the 
administration was ``almost all wrong in every aspect of its case for 
war.'' There was no ``grave and gathering threat.'' And the only 
smoking gun found is evidence that this administration knew this 
intelligence was shaky, and at worst, wrong.

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  If U.N. inspectors had been given a few more months in Iraq, we would 
have known that Iraq was no serious threat. Now, the best case scenario 
we can achieve in Iraq is, and I quote, ``tenuous stability;'' the 
worst case, civil war.
  President Bush gave two speeches on the campaign trail yesterday. 
Neither mentioned the report. When is this administration going to 
admit to grievous errors of misjudgment?

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