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On the recordJanuary 18, 2005
It was WMD, period. That was the reason and the causation for that, you know, particular vote.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Senator Boxer emphasizes that weapons of mass destruction were the sole reason for the war vote.

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