12/19/2002

“By December 19 [2002], [Secretary of State Colin] Powell declared that Iraq had failed to disclose the required information about its weapons programs, and hence was once again in ‘material breach’ of [UN] Security Council resolutions and ‘well on its way to losing this last chance [to avoid war].’ ”

 – Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of Our Choosing, Page 60