On the recordJuly 12, 2005
The president told the country that Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellow cake uranium in Africa. Now that turned out not to be true. Mr. Wilson went and investigated it.
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transcripts.cnn.comPaul Begala: “The president told the country that Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellow cake uranium in Africa. Now that turned out…”
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Begala discusses the inaccuracies in President Bush's State of the Union address regarding Saddam Hussein's alleged attempts to acquire uranium.
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