Investigation on "Iraq Evidence" to be announced this morning

posted by ewing2001 on Wednesday June 11, @12:57AM

Panel set to announce investigation of intelligence information

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Capitol Hill-AP -- June 11, 2003

The Senate is going to examine the intelligence information that was gathered before the war with Iraq. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts is expected to announce the investigation this morning.

The failure of the administration to find the weapons of mass destruction it said Iraq had is prompting increased calls for a look at the information that was used to justify the war. Democrats want to know if the intelligence on Saddam Hussein's weapons programs was accurate and whether it was manipulated to help make the case for war.

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Leading Republicans say there's no evidence of wrongdoing and there is no need yet for an inquiry that goes much beyond routine oversight. U-S officials have urged patience in finding Iraq's mass-destruction weapons.

Kucinich's House Resolution on WMD

(*Thx to AngryWhite Democrat, DU)

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 260
Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not
later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution
documents or other materials in the President's possession relating to
Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 5, 2003

Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Ms. LEE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms.
WATSON,
Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FARR, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. JACKSON
of Illinois, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. OWENS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs.
MALONEY,
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Mr. STARK, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms.
WATERS, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr.
LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. TOWNS, and
Mr. PAYNE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations

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RESOLUTION
Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not
later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution
documents or other materials in the President's possession relating to
Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit to the House of
Representatives not later than 4 days after the date of the adoption of
this
resolution documents or other materials in the President's possession that
provides specific evidence for the following claims relating to Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction:

(1) On August 26, 2002, the Vice President in a speech stated: `Simply
stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass
destruction . . . What he wants is time, and more time to husband his
resources to invest in his ongoing chemical and biological weapons program,
and to gain possession of nuclear weapons.'.

(2) On September 12, 2002, in a speech to the United Nations General
Assembly, the President stated: `Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving
facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons . . .
Iraq has made several attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to
enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon.'.

(3) On October 7, 2002, in a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, the President
stated: `It possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons.
It is seeking nuclear weapons . . . And surveillance photos reveal that the
regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical and
biological weapons.'.

(4) On January 7, 2003, the Secretary of Defense at a press briefing
stated:
`There is no doubt in my mind but that they currently have chemical and
biological weapons.'.

(5) On January 9, 2003, in his daily press briefing, the White House
spokesperson stated: `We know for a fact that there are weapons there Iraq].'.

(6) On March 16, 2003, in an appearance on NBC's `Meet The Press', the Vice
President stated: `We believe he has, in fact,
reconstituted nuclear weapons. I think Mr. El Baradei frankly is wrong.'.

(7) On March 17, 2003, in an Address to the Nation, the President stated:
`Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that
the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal
weapons ever devised.'.

(8) On March 21, 2003, in his daily press briefing the White House
spokesperson stated: `Well, there is no question that we have evidence and
information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and
chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of
the
operation, for whatever duration it takes.'.

(9) On March 24, 2003, in an appearance on CBS's `Face the Nation', the
Secretary of Defense stated: `We have seen intelligence over many months
that they have chemical and biological weapons, and that they have
dispersed
them and that they're weaponized and that, in one case at least, the
command
and control arrangements have been established.'.

(10) On March 30, 2003, in an appearance on ABC's `This Week', the
Secretary
of Defense stated: `We know where they are,
they are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.'.
END

H.RES.260

Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/5/2003)
Cosponsors: 35

Committees: House International Relations

Latest Major Action: 6/5/2003 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred
to the House Committee on International Relations.
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COSPONSORS(35), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort:
by date)
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 6/5/2003
Rep Carson, Julia - 6/5/2003
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 6/5/2003
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 6/5/2003
Rep Farr, Sam - 6/5/2003
Rep Filner, Bob - 6/10/2003
Rep Frank, Barney - 6/5/2003
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 6/5/2003
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 6/5/2003
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 6/5/2003
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 6/5/2003
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 6/5/2003
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 6/5/2003
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 6/5/2003
Rep Lee, Barbara - 6/5/2003
Rep Lewis, John - 6/5/2003
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 6/5/2003
Rep McDermott, Jim - 6/5/2003
Rep Miller, George - 6/5/2003
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 6/5/2003
Rep Owens, Major R. - 6/5/2003
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 6/5/2003
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 6/5/2003
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 6/10/2003
Rep Sanders, Bernard - 6/10/2003
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 6/5/2003
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 6/5/2003
Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 6/5/2003
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 6/5/2003
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 6/5/2003
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 6/5/2003
Rep Van Hollen, Chris - 6/5/2003
Rep Waters, Maxine - 6/5/2003
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 6/5/2003
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 6/5/2003

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