Rumsfeld Quotes Clinton Officials
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday joined the Bush administration’s attack on Iraq war critics, quoting Clinton administration officials who contended in the late 1990s that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was a security threat to the United States and its allies.
At a Pentagon news conference, Rumsfeld noted that Congress in 1998 passed the Iraq Liberation Act, making it U.S. government policy to support efforts to remove the Saddam regime from power. He noted that President Bill Clinton ordered four days of bombing in December 1998.
President Bush on Monday hurled back at Democratic critics the worries they once expressed that Saddam was a grave threat.
“They spoke the truth then and they’re speaking politics now,” Bush charged.
Source: USA Today.
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