Howard Dean: White House and Vice President's Office Should Cooperate

[MaineDem]

For Immediate Release
November 2, 2005
Contact: Karen Finney, 202-863-8148

Howard Dean: White House and Vice President's Office Should Cooperate With Iraq
War Intelligence Investigation

Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today
applauded Democratic Leader Harry Reid for forcing the Republicans in the
Senate to investigate the misuse of intelligence in the run-up to the war in
Iraq. Dean issued the following statement calling on the White House and the
Vice President's office to answer questions about their roles in manipulating
intelligence to build support for the war, smearing opponents of the war, and
covering up that smear campaign:

"Last night, Senator Reid and his Democratic colleagues in the Senate stood up
for the American people and for the brave men and women who have fought and
died in Iraq by forcing the Republicans to investigate the manipulation of
intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq.

"But the pursuit of the truth does not end on Capitol Hill. The Bush
Administration must also cooperate with the Senate Intelligence Committee
investigation. Americans deserve to know the truth about who in the White House
-- and specifically in Vice President Cheney's office -- was involved in
manipulating intelligence to build support for the war, engaged in a campaign
to discredit those who tried to tell the truth, and orchestrated the effort to
cover up that smear campaign. The American people also deserve answers about
what role the Vice President himself played in all of this, and why people on
his staff who were directly involved were promoted, not fired. It is time for
the Vice President to offer candid answers to these questions.

"America deserves better. On the heels of one of the deadliest months in the
war, we need to know the truth about how we got into a war that continues to
claim the lives of so many of our nation's brave men and women."

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1. This says it..

"America deserves better. On the heels of one of the deadliest months in the
war, we need to know the truth about how we got into a war that continues to
claim the lives of so many of our nation's brave men and women."