On September 5, 2002, Vice President Dick “Cheney had arranged a special session with the Gang of Four, the four top leaders of Congress, [Dennis] Hastert [R-IL], [Dick] Gephardt [D-MO], [Trent] Lott [R-MS], and [Tom] Daschle [D-SD]. …The vice president now wanted to persuade the most senior congressional leaders that the White House had undeniable […]
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9/5/2002
According to a Washington Post article on September 5, 2002, former President “Jimmy Carter assures us that ‘there is no current danger to the United States from Baghdad [Iraq].’ ” – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 80 […]
9/5/2002
” ‘I believe any action in Iraq at this time, without allied support, without United Nations support…,’ Senator Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] says [to Congress on September 5, 2002], ‘would be both morally wrong and politically mistaken.’ ” – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 89 […]
9/5/2002
In a September 5, 2002, meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee, CIA Director George Tenet “was asked what basis there was in the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for a preemptive war against Iraq. ‘We’ve never done a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, including its weapons of mass destruction,’ Tenet replied. Senator Bob Graham (D-Fla.), the […]
9/4/2002
Speaking to congressional leaders on September 4, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein is a serious threat to the United States, to his neighbors, and to the people who disagree with him inside Iraq… Doing nothing is not an option and I hope Congress agrees.’ He added that he planned to press the United […]
9/4/2002
” ‘If you invade Iraq, you’re going to win the war in two or three weeks and then you’re going to own the place and you’ll never get out of it,’ Dick Armey [R-TX], the House majority leader, told him [President Bush, in a meeting of congressional leaders on September 4, 2002]. ‘It’ll be such […]
9/4/2002
According to an article in The Guardian, City Comptroller William Thompson cited the costs of 9/11: “The city’s jobless rate – at 7.7% in July – is already higher than the national rate of 5.9%. Mr Thompson reckons it will cost the city almost $22bn to replace the buildings, infrastructure and other amenities destroyed when two […]
9/4/2002
“On September 4 [2002], [President] Bush invited 18 key Senate and House members to the White House. ‘Iraq is on a lot of people’s minds,’ the president said, ‘because [Saddam] is a serious threat to the United States and his neighbors and his own citizens…Doing nothing is not an option…I expect Congress to be part […]
9/4/2002
On September 4, 2002, President Bush summoned 18 senior members of the House and Senate. “He needed a quick vote in Congress on a resolution that would grant him the authority to take on Saddam, perhaps with military action. …He wanted this vote within six weeks–before Congress left town so members could campaign for reelection.” […]
9/4/2002
At the September 4, 2002, meeting where President Bush was briefing Congressional leaders about needing their vote to give him permission to go to war against Iraq, House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) said to President Bush: ” ‘if you go in there, you’re likely to be stuck in a quagmire that will endanger your […]