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“here are a few headlines from the last 24 hours: ``Iraqi Arms Threat Was Waning,'' the definitive government report saying there was a diminishing threat from Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction; ``France Was Ready To Send Troops to Iraq,'' 15,000, but did not because of the relationship with President Bush; ``Bremmer Criticizes Troop Levels,'' Paul Bremmer now says we never had enough troops on the ground; ``White House Embraced Disputed Arms Intelligence,'' the White House claimed Iraq was buying aluminum tubes to facilitate uranium enrichment even though their own experts told them otherwise; ``Funds To Build Iraq Are Drifting Away From Target,'' only 27 cents on the dollar are going to rebuild Iraq. This does not even include what Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld acknowledged yesterday, that there was no relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda. Mr. Speaker, their house of cards that was the case for going to war and how to prosecute this war have collapsed. In going to war, this administration allowed ideology to trump reality. Iraq was not an imminent threat, there was no impending mushroom cloud. With the costs and casualties, candor would be a welcome addition to this White House. You cannot fix a problem if you do not acknowledge that you have one.”