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Kent Conrad: “I believe the President is taking us down a road that is fraught with real danger for the country. The President asked…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2003
I believe the President is taking us down a road that is fraught with real danger for the country. The President asked this Congress--the Senate and the House--for authority to launch a preemptive attack on another nation, an attack before that country had attacked us or attacked any of our allies. In fact, Iraq had not engaged in an attack on anyone for more than a decade. The President told us and told the world that they, Iraq, represented an immediate and imminent threat to America.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about the President's request for authority to launch a preemptive attack on Iraq.

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