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Ed Markey: welcome to the People's House Tony Blair. We need you. The Niger evidence that supposedly showed Saddam Hussein had…

On the recordJuly 17, 2003
welcome to the People's House Tony Blair. We need you. The Niger evidence that supposedly showed Saddam Hussein had reconstituted his nuclear weapons program turns out to be forged, but you say, wait, there is more. We are aware of Niger, but Africa is a big continent. You say you have other sources, possibly a third country that thinks Saddam Hussein may have been buying uranium in some other Africa country. Our own CIA does not know what you know. Our National Security Council says it does not know what you know. Indeed, the President of the United States says he does not know what you know. The American public needs to know the truth. You hold the key. Please, Mr. Prime Minister, redeem our trust. If not Niger, where were the nuclear materials, Mr. Prime Minister?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Addressing Tony Blair regarding the evidence of Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons program.

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