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Neil Abercrombie: “Does the gentleman know, and if he does not, perhaps he would find it of worthy interest to pursue, whether or not that…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2004
Does the gentleman know, and if he does not, perhaps he would find it of worthy interest to pursue, whether or not that gassing or the reference to it took place before or after the first Bush administration was in Iraq doing business with Saddam Hussein? And, if I am not mistaken, the person representing George Herbert Walker Bush and his administration is the present Secretary of Defense.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the timeline of U.S. relations with Iraq regarding the use of poison gas.

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