If anything, the national press corps was probably too deferential to the White House and to the administration in regard to the most important decision facing the nation during my years in Washington, the choice over whether to go to war in Iraq.
Scott McClellan comments on the media's relationship with the White House during the Iraq war decision.
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I think it was smart to confront Saddam Hussein. But our options were either, Saddam comes clean or we go to war.
Yes. No, I was sincere at the time. Now, looking back and reflecting on that, I have a different perspective on it.
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