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Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel: “Reclaiming my time, we know exactly whose fault it was. It is George Tenet. That is what Condoleeza Rice is saying. That…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2003
Reclaiming my time, we know exactly whose fault it was. It is George Tenet. That is what Condoleeza Rice is saying. That is what the Vice President is saying. Everybody's quite willing to blame George Tenet for that information being in the State of the Union that should not have been there. Does anybody in this House or watching throughout America believe that George Tenet alone is responsible?
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Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel
Pennsylvania

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Addressing accountability for intelligence failures related to the State of the Union address.

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