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On the recordMarch 1, 2004
I'm sorry about administration officials, led by the Vice President, repeatedly trying to link Saddam Hussein to 9/11, when there never was any link.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy criticizes administration officials for falsely linking Saddam Hussein to 9/11.

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