On July 11, 2003, “President Bush and the national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, told reporters traveling with the president in Africa that the CIA had approved the language in the [January 28, 2003] State of the Union address [which claimed Iraq sought to purchase uranium from Niger]. ‘I gave a speech to the nation that was cleared by the intelligence services,’ said Bush. Rice added, ‘The CIA cleared the speech in its entirety.’ ”
– Stephen F. Hayes, Cheney, Page 416