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On the recordJune 11, 2003
the Bush administration made specific, unequivocal statements about the imminent threat posed by Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, repeatedly claiming they had intelligence showing Iraq had 25,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin toxin, 500 tons of sarin mustard and VX nerve agent, and over 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents. So where are those vast stockpiles? Where was the imminent threat? At the State of the Union the President said, Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin mustard and VX nerve agent. Where are those vast stockpiles? Where was the imminent threat? This administration repeatedly claimed Iraq's weapons of mass destruction represented an imminent threat to this country. They claimed specific evidence of vast stockpiles. Where are those vast stockpiles? Where was the imminent threat? Did this administration deliberately mislead this Nation into war, telling us there was an imminent threat when there was not? The resolution of inquiry now signed by 36 Members of the House aims to find out the truth.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

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Questioning the Bush administration's claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

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