Jim Inhofe: “I think we are in a highly charged political season right now. Everyone is talking about this, and the subliminal…”

“I think we are in a highly charged political season right now. Everyone is talking about this, and the subliminal picture that is trying to be painted here is that somehow this President may have not known something he should have known or knew something and he didn't act appropriately. Let us remember what David Kay said. He said, when he came in, we all thought there were weapons of mass destruction. We acted accordingly. And, quite frankly, I contend there were weapons of mass destruction. I asked him that question. I don't think either one of the two Senators in the Chamber--I am about to finish my question--were at that hearing. I asked him this question: I said, If in January, 13 months ago, they found 11 chemical rockets with a capacity of a warhead of 140 liters, and they had enough VX on hand to do that, and that one chemical rocket with 140 liters of VX could kill a million people, and subsequent to that, 3 months later, they found 36 more--that is 47 weapons of mass destruction that were found--I asked him: Aren't they truly weapons of mass destruction? He said: Well, yes, if they put the chemicals in the warheads.”