http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-bush-mistakes.htmlBush Makes Three Mistakes While Trying to Cite One
By REUTERS
Published: April 15, 2004
Filed at 8:07 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - <snip>Bush, long known for his grammatical conundrums and confusing phraseology, told reporters twice during Tuesday's prime-time news conference that 50 tons of mustard gas were discovered at a turkey farm in Libya.<snip>
He could not. But as he searched for an answer(identify the biggest mistake), the Republican president reaffirmed his decision to invade Iraq and said weapons of mass destruction may still lie hidden there.
``They could still be there. They could be hidden, like the 50 tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm,'' said Bush, referring to Libya's voluntary disclosure of weapons in March.
The next day, the White House said the accurate figure for the Libyan mustard gas was 23.6 metric tons, or 26 short tons, not 50 tons.
Moreover, the substance was found at different locations across Libya, not at a turkey farm. And observers did not find mustard gas on the farm at all, but rather unfilled chemical munitions, the White House acknowledged.<snip>