George Bush actually said...

All blocked funds held in the United States in accounts in the name of the Government of Iraq are hereby confiscated and vested in the Department of the Treasury.

Context

Executive Order 13290—Confiscating and Vesting Certain Iraqi Property

03/19/2003

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