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W. Weldon: “Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise for the major purpose of outlining the results of a trip that I led to North Korea this past…”

On the recordJune 4, 2003
Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise for the major purpose of outlining the results of a trip that I led to North Korea this past weekend, but I want to start out by responding to some of the concerns raised by my colleagues on the other side where they have continued to demagog and basically say that President Bush and the administration lied about the reasons for the Iraqi war. I heard one of our colleagues earlier say, show me the evidence of weapons of mass destruction. I could not help let that go by, Mr. Speaker. I am the vice chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services. I work issues involving proliferation of weapons of mass destruction technology, and for anyone to suggest that there just was not a case of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is just plain wrong.
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W. Weldon
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Addressing concerns about the justification for the Iraqi war during a speech on the House floor.

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