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Bill Delahunt: “I would issue a challenge to my friend because he and I have traveled together and it is an experience, and it is a very…”

On the recordJune 21, 2004
I would issue a challenge to my friend because he and I have traveled together and it is an experience, and it is a very positive experience, but there are people that are in the custody of the executive branch, those so-called senior intelligence Iraqi agents, that continually deny any knowledge whatsoever of Iraq or meeting the gentleman that allegedly met with Mohammed Atta in Prague in the Czech Republic, is in our custody. Let us challenge together the executive branch and my colleague, myself, and anyone else who wishes to join us, go together and exercise the oversight responsibility and function of this Congress and interview Mr. Al-Ani and make that decision ourselves and come back and report to the American people.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Addressing the need for Congressional oversight regarding intelligence on Iraq.

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