[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25301]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 505

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, the House International 
Relations Committee will hear a resolution of inquiry into the White 
House Iraq Group.
  A White House task force was organized in August of 2002, 7 months 
before the invasion of Iraq, with the objective of marketing a war in 
Iraq to the Congress and the American people. The group consisted of 
advisers to the President and Vice President, including Rove, Libby, 
and Rice.
  According to the Washington Post, the White House Iraq Group produced 
white papers that provided ``gripping images and stories,'' and used 
``literary license'' with intelligence; I might add, intelligence that 
was later proved false. These memos served as the basis for talking 
points for the President and his advisers.
  The intelligence used in the White House Iraq Group's white papers 
included the false claim that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger, as 
well as the claim that the high-strength aluminum tubes Iraq purchased 
from China were to be used for the sole purpose of building centrifuges 
to enrich uranium.
  This White House Iraq Group was putting out lies to the American 
people. The Congress needs to find out what happened. Tomorrow, we can 
find out in International Relations.
  Support House Resolution 505.

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