On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
I have publicly stated, as has the President, past, present, and recently, that we do not have evidence of a direct link between 9/11 and Iraq at all.
I have publicly stated, as has the President, past, present, and recently, that we do not have evidence of a direct link between 9/11 and Iraq at all.
Rumsfeld asserts there is no evidence linking Iraq to 9/11.
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