The moral of the story, said Aesop, is that it takes more than just fine feathers to make fine birds. It is an age-old lesson that the Congress should hold in its mind as we consider how best to investigate the distorted and misleading intelligence that the administration used to build its case for war in Iraq.
Cord Byrd: “The moral of the story, said Aesop, is that it takes more than just fine feathers to make fine birds. It is an age-old…”
On the recordMarch 3, 2004
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Discussing the need for investigation into intelligence used for the Iraq war.
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