c-span3 - Rumsfeld at Congress from 9/19/02

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www.c-span.org

i just tuned in. he's giving the big lie to go to war.

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1. this is really a trip down memory lane

9/11, smoking gun, "we do know that saddam hussein has been actively persuing accquiring nuclear weapons for the last 20 years."

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2. "we do know where a fraction of their wmds are. they are buried underground and in populated areas."

edit sp

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3. "it's a pleasure to see sen thurmond here."

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4. general myers up now.

starts out praising strom thurmond

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5. sen levin asks if this is going to be a cakewalk

gen myers says he wouldn't characterize it that way.

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6. rumsfeld - "i'm not part of the intelligence community."

lol

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7. sen byrd nailing rummy now about reagan giving saddam "dual-use"

material aid.

i hope to have a transcript of this exchange shortly.

edit: sorry no cc transcript.

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8. they are trying to shut byrd up since he went over the 6 min

time limit. inhofe getting involved now.