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Pete Hoekstra: “I think the quotes go well on to other folks in 2000. So this is a continuing story of intelligence. As we move through…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2004
I think the quotes go well on to other folks in 2000. So this is a continuing story of intelligence. As we move through this process, on a bipartisan basis, this is what we believed the threat was to the United States. One of the things that we are going to focus on here today, not what we think about here in Washington, when we put this in context, we will talk about the threat that Saddam Hussein was, not to America, not to the Middle East, but most importantly to his own people.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the perceived threat posed by Saddam Hussein during a debate on intelligence.

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