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On the recordFebruary 11, 2004
when the President was interviewed on Sunday, he told the American people that the Congress had the same intelligence available to them as he had available to him. And that was not true. No one told us that there was ambiguity. The President and the Vice President spoke with surety. They said, as the gentleman has pointed out, there was no doubt.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the accuracy of the President's statements regarding intelligence available to Congress.

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