[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   ADMINISTRATION MUST ADMIT MISTAKES

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, Saturday, October 10, will mark the 2-year 
anniversary of the House of Representatives passing the war resolution. 
Let me give my colleagues some of the highlights in the last 48 hours 
and news.
  Iraqis eliminated illicit arms in the 1990s. Paul Bremer criticizes 
troop levels: ``We never had enough troops on the ground.'' France was 
ready to send troops to Iraq, 15,000, but did not because of the 
relationship with President Bush.
  White House embraced disputed arms intelligence. The White House 
claimed Iraq was buying aluminum tubes to facilitate its nuclear 
capability, even though their own experts told them otherwise.
  Funds to rebuild Iraq are drifting away from their target. Only 20 
cents on the dollar are going to rebuilding Iraq.
  Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld said there was no relationship between 
Iraq and al Qaeda.
  Mr. Speaker, the house of cards that this administration built for 
the case for going to war and how to prosecute this war is collapsing. 
In going to war, this administration allowed etiology to trump reality. 
Iraq was not an imminent threat, but with the costs and casualties 
mounting, candor would be a welcome addition to this White House. You 
cannot fix a problem if you do not acknowledge that you have one.

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