Pete Hoekstra said "the National Intelligence Estimate said, if left unchecked, Iraq probably will have a nuclear weapon during this decade. Here is what Dr. Kay had to say, George Stephanopoulos, October 5, 2003: ``I think if they had, if someone had given them the enriched material or the plutonium, I think that it would have taken them a year or less to fabricate a weapon from that material. They had the capability, they had the knowledge, once given the proper material to very quickly develop a nuclear weapon.''" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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the National Intelligence Estimate said, if left unchecked, Iraq probably will have a nuclear weapon during this decade. Here is what Dr. Kay had to say, George Stephanopoulos, October 5, 2003: ``I think if they had, if someone had given them the enriched material or the plutonium, I think that it would have taken them a year or less to fabricate a weapon from that material. They had the capability, they had the knowledge, once given the proper material to very quickly develop a nuclear weapon.''

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Pete Hoekstra

Michigan

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing Iraq's potential nuclear capabilities during a debate on national security.

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