Mike Pence: “I have to tell my colleague that the search for weapons of mass destruction found for the Iraqis that I spoke to in…”

“I have to tell my colleague that the search for weapons of mass destruction found for the Iraqis that I spoke to in Basra, it found its locus the day Saddam Hussein was captured by American troops. This is a man who, according to former prisoners of war, he and his regime were responsible for the death by incarceration or other means of 1.2 to 1.3 million of their countrymen. According to Amnesty International, we have identified the remains thus far in 270 mass graves of 400,000 men, women, boys, and girls in the mass graves of Saddam Hussein. But the weapons-of-mass-destruction issue is an issue, and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Hoekstra) is right to address it in the beginning inasmuch as it is in the mind of the American people. But none other than Senator Daschle, who has been the majority leader of the Senate in recent years, but at the time in 1998 and President Clinton's decision to fire cruise missiles and attack Iraq was minority leader, Senator Daschle said, 'We are here today to affirm that we and the American people stand with the President and the international community in an effort to end Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs and preserve our vital and international interests.'”