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There is a transcript of a good interview of Cond. Rice at abcnews.com today.

I thought the following portion was interesting:

SAWYER: A quote — Feb. 24, 2001, from Secretary Powell. He says that Saddam Hussein has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. Was he wrong then?

RICE: As this story unfolded and you'll notice that's very early in the administration, we began to get important reporting, for instance, on the fact that in 1998 Saddam Hussein was diverting maybe $500 million in illegal funds from oil revenue by the period of 2002, not — $3 billion in illegal revenue. Yes, the story unfolded. The intelligence estimate on which the president acted said that Saddam Hussein had chemical, biological weapons and was pursuing nuclear weapons, and if left unchecked on the nuclear front, would have them by the end of the decade. That's the report on which he acted.

SAWYER: I didn't think I was going to get you to say the secretary was wrong. Not surprised.

RICE: No, he was not.

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I don't think she realized it, but she just put her foot in the administration's collective mouth with that last answer.

Here is the link if you are interested in the complete interview:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/P...RiceIntvu.html

SirStefan32

Huh?
What are you talking about?

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You have to read it carefully, but by saying Powell was not wrong, she was saying his statement of February 2001 that Iraq "has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction" was correct.

I do not think that is what she intended to say.