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On the recordMarch 26, 2004
No one would ever question his business acumen and his Republican Party credentials. He, as Secretary of the Treasury, didn't think the President conducted his office appropriately. He was asked to resign and left and wrote a book about his experiences in the White House as Secretary of the Treasury. Rather than trying to factually discount his book statements, they went after him. He questioned economic policies, foreign policy issues, and was denounced as a person who did not know what he was talking about or doing. It is a lot easier to attack a man personally than it is to defend the economic policies that have controlled our country. It is a lot easier to attack a man personally than it is defend the economic policies that have contributed to the largest deficit in history, the worst record in jobs since Herbert Hoover. It is easier, but that doesn't mean it is right. It wasn't right to leak the name of an undercover CIA agent because her husband said the President was mistaken about claiming Iraq had purchased uranium from Africa.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the personal attacks on a former Treasury Secretary and the implications of leaking a CIA agent's identity.

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