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Louie Gohmert: During the 1990s, though, we were assured; we heard so many times all these lies about weapons of mass destruction. And…

On the recordMay 16, 2007
During the 1990s, though, we were assured; we heard so many times all these lies about weapons of mass destruction. And maybe it is unfortunate that it turns out that all the times President Clinton assured us that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, maybe they were right, maybe President Clinton was lying all those times that he said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Maybe Madeline Albright was lying all those times she said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Maybe George Bush should not have believed all the information they provided to him about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. But, nonetheless, we are now hearing people even in some of the debates and whatnot blaming this President and saying, if we would just leave the jihadist extremists alone, they will leave us alone. And they want to blame President Bush, the current President Bush for our Americans being killed. If you are going to do that, though, you have to blame President Clinton for 9/11 because all the time, he was President.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the implications of past U.S. administrations on national security and the Iraq war.

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