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Bill Delahunt: You know what I would like to do? I would commend for reading, to those that are watching us have this conversation…

On the recordFebruary 11, 2004
You know what I would like to do? I would commend for reading, to those that are watching us have this conversation tonight, this Newsweek article. It is the publication of November 17, 2003, 4 or 5 months ago. Obviously, this is a picture of the Vice President, and it is entitled ``How Dick Cheney Sold the War: The Inside Story.'' Again, I think we and the citizens have an obligation to do as much homework as we can to fully understand the reality. Those points that the gentleman made, I have heard them on the floor today. Earlier the President went to Poland and spoke about those two mobile trailers that allegedly were being used in a bio-weapon program. The CIA refuted that. Again, it is important to be accurate. It is interesting, everybody in Washington at least knows and the American people should know that there has been tension within the administration between the Vice President on one side and Secretary Powell on the other side. If I had had an opportunity today, I was going to ask the Secretary if this story in The Washington Post was accurate.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the accuracy of intelligence related to the Iraq War and tensions within the Bush administration.

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