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Frank Pallone: I mentioned before about this op-ed with Krugman where he was quoting the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, a major publication…

On the recordMarch 31, 2004
I mentioned before about this op-ed with Krugman where he was quoting the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, a major publication in Israel. I just want to read that quote again in their editorial where they said, ``This isn't America; the government did not invent intelligence material nor exaggerate the description of the threat to justify their attack.'' We tend to think of this country and I have always felt it as the country that stands for what is right, what is just, what is honest, and to think that an Israeli newspaper is now saying, we're not like the government of the United States, we don't make up things, we don't lie, we don't exaggerate, as if that is the norm for us, is a pretty sad state of affairs.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing U.S. government integrity in relation to an Israeli newspaper's editorial.

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