Kerry Responds to Secretary O'Neill's Iraq Charges [View All]

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Des Moines, Iowa -- "These are very serious charges by a former high
ranking Administration official. We already knew the Administration
failed to focus on the threat from Osama Bin Laden and Al Queda. We
already knew the Administration broke every promise they made to work
through the U.N., use the resolution to enforce inspections, build a
coalition, and plan for peace. But Secretary O'Neill's revelations would mean the Administration never intended to even try to keep those
promises. It would mean they were dead-set on going to war alone since
almost the day they took office and deliberately lied to the American
people, Congress, and the world. It would mean that for purely
ideological reasons they planned on putting American troops in a
shooting gallery occupying an Arab country almost alone. The White House needs to answer these charges truthfully because they threaten to shatter their already damaged credibility as never before."

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