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“Right now, Iraq is expanding and producing facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.

“Saddam Hussein is harboring terrorists, and the instruments of terror, the instruments of mass death and destruction.”

“We cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun, that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.”

“Our intelligence officials estimates that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.”

“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 divised.”

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“We have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction”

“We did not find the stockpiles”

“Those weapons of mass destruction.”

“Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there.”

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“Saddam was systematically gaming the system, using the UN food for oil program to try to influence countries and companies in an effort to undermine sanctions.”

“Advancing the cause of freedom and democracy in the Middle East begins with ensuring the success of a free Iraq.”

“As the citizens of Afghanistan and Iraq seize the moment , their example will send a message of hope throughout a vital region; young women across the Middle East will hear the message that their day of equality and justice is coming.”

“The goal in Iraq and Afghanistan is for there to be democratic and free counties who are allies in the war on terror. That’s the goal.”

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