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Sen. Hatch on the Democrats and war funding, reports of U.S.-supported militia attacks on Iran

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

On March 25 Sam Husseini spoke with Senator Orrin Hatch outside of CNN’s Washington studios. Hatch claimed that Saddam kicked out the UN weapons inspectors, contradicting the public record that the inspectors were withdrawn. Hatch also claimed that Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the IAEA, told him that the inspectors could not get any further than they did, although ElBaradei is also on the public record as having asked for more time and attesting to working inspections.

Continue reading for a transcript of the exchange.

Posted in Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, National Security, Orrin Hatch, United Nations, War and Peace, Weapons of Mass Destruction | No Comments »

Brent Scowcroft on Iraq sanctions, lead-up to war

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

These questions took place outside of the studios of ABC News in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2007.

Posted in Brent Scowcroft, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Middle East, National Security, National Security Advisors, United Nations, War and Peace | No Comments »

Pressing Colin Powell about his Security Council speech, Hussein Kamel

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Transcript

Sam Husseini: Do you know that Hussein Kamel said that there were no WMDs? Did you know that?

Colin Powell: What’s that?

SH: You cited Hussein Kamel in your UN testimony. Did you know that he said that there were no WMDs, did you know that at the time?

CP: I only knew what the intelligence community told me.

SH: But did you know that fact?

CP: Of course not!

SH: You didn’t know that he said that, even though it was reported?

CP: I -

SH: You didn’t know -

CP: I’ve answered your question.

SH: You didn’t know that he said there were no WMDs.

Posted in Colin Powell, Foreign Policy, Hussein Kamel, Intelligence, Iraq, People, Secretaries of State, United Nations, War and Peace, Weapons of Mass Destruction | No Comments »

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