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The sole purpose of that statement was to make the American people believe that our government believed it. But the truth was that our intelligence agencies did not believe it,

This uranium issue is not just about 16 words in a speech. It is about whether administration officials made a conscious and very troubling decision to create a false impression about the gravity and imminence of the threat that Iraq posed to America.

not an inadvertent mistake.

defend the national security interests of the United States against the threat posed by Iraq, and restore international peace and security in the region.

It's not even limited to Iraq, ... And there's just simply no limits on it. It's a go-it-alone resolution ... very unilateral.

The United Nations should issue the ultimatum, put down very clear dates ... and I believe that the United Nations should authorize member states to use force to implement those resolutions,

You're the only one with a recollection of such a solicitation.

I'm disturbed that they didn't say that before they voted in the House. That seems to me it would have been a more timely place and time to make that point. I sure wish they would have said that to their colleagues and to themselves, prior to the vote in the House.

We've either got to fix it or drop it and look for another mechanism.

I think you may find that in some places we will be exceeding your requests and may be changing some of your priorities, ... You may find some of your priorities, indeed, for little things like missile defense, changed in order to focus on the things that you just talked about.

The presence of our forces in Iraq is not unlimited. The administration's repeated statements that we will stay in Iraq as long as needed sends the wrong message. We should not mislead the Iraqis into thinking that they have unlimited time to reach a broad-based political settlement.

And it's too bad, because it's most important that this administration listen to some of even its Republican critics, which is that we've got a significantly worsening situation in Iraq,

We've got to hope that he will take steps to end the stress on the forces, because this force is under huge stress, ... He's seen firsthand that mistakes have been made. He could forcefully decide that he's going to speak out and speak up.

That's not setting a date for departure at this time, ... That's simply conveying clearly and forcefully to the Iraqis that the presence of our forces in Iraq is not unlimited.

Where he is placed is a matter of professional decision by the Secret Service and others and something that is properly in their hands and not in my hands. Whatever decision is necessary for his and the nation's safety, I'm for.

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