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The President Has Undermined Trust. No Longer Will The Members Of Congress Be Entitled To Accept His Veracity. Caveat Emptor Has Become The Word. Every Member Of Congress Is On His Or Her Own To Determine The Truth.

We Are In Possession Of What I Think To Be Compelling Evidence That Saddam Hussein Has, And Has Had For A Number Of Years, A Developing Capacity For The Production And Storage Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

I Had Earlier Concluded That A War With Iraq Would Be A Distraction From The Successful And Expeditious Completion Of Our Aims In Afghanistan. Now I Had Come To Question Whether The White House Was Telling The Truth.

We Ought To Recognize That We Have An Offensive Responsibility To Take The War To The Terrorists Where They Are. That Responsibility Has Waned In The Last Year As Military And Intelligence Resources Were Withdrawn From Afghanistan And Pakistan To Be Used In Iraq.

The White House Was Signaling That The Threat Posed By Saddam Hussein Was Of Such Urgency That It Had Priority Over The Crushing Of Al Qaeda.