“On October 10 [2002], the House was poised to vote on the legislation that would grant [President] Bush the power to use military force ‘as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq’ and to ‘enforce all relevant’ […]
10/10/2002
On October 10, 2002, “after two days of debate, the House passed a resolution authorizing the president to use the U.S. Armed forces in Iraq ‘as he deems to be necessary and appropriate.’ The vote was a comfortable 296 to 133.” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 203 […]
10/9/2002
On October 9, 2002, Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein’s belligerent intentions and his possession and ongoing development of weapons of mass destruction to fulfill those intentions make him a clear and present danger to the United States and the world.’ ” – Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Pages 333-334 […]
10/9/2002
“Senator John Kerry [D-MA] said [on October 9, 2002]. ‘When I vote to give the president of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a threat, and a grave threat.’ […]
10/9/2002
” ‘I agree that Iraq presents a genuine threat, especially in the form of weapons of mass destruction: chemical, biological and potentially nuclear weapons,’ said Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), one of the most forceful opponents of the [Bush] administration [in a speech on the Senate floor on October 9, 2002].” – Craig Unger, The Fall of […]
10/9/2002
In an interview with Larry King on October 9, 2002, Secretary of State Colin Powell said, regarding Saddam Hussein: ” ‘We do know that he has stocks of biological weapons…’ ” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, Page 412 […]
10/9/2002
“American officials have recently documented contacts between Iraqi and Al Qaeda agents, as well as ‘solid evidence of the presence in Iraq of Al Qaeda members, including some that have been in Baghdad,’ according to CIA director George Tenet [in a letter he sent to Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, […]
10/9/2002
After voting for the use-of-force resolution in Iraq, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) said, on October 9, 2002: ” ‘When I vote to give the President of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in […]
10/9/2002
The Congressional Record from October 9, 2002, reflects that Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry (D-MA) said: ” ‘I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force–if necessary–to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a […]
10/8/2002
“On an October [8] 2002 tape, a voice thought to be [al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman] al-Zawahiri’s said, ‘America and its deputies should know that their crimes will not go unpunished. … The settlement of this overburdened account will indeed be heavy. We will also aim to continue, by permission of Allah, the destruction of the […]