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Article: Remarks announcing the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States regarding weapons of mass destruction.(Week ending Friday, February 6, 2004)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- February 9, 2004
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February 6, 2004
Good afternoon. Today, by Executive order, I am creating an independent commission, chaired by Governor and former Senator Chuck Robb, Judge Laurence Silberman, to look at American intelligence capabilities, especially our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction.
Last week, our former chief weapons inspector, David Kay, reported that Saddam Hussein's regime had weapons programs and activities in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and was a gathering threat to the world. Dr. Kay also stated that some prewar intelligence assessments by America and other nations about Iraq's weapons stockpiles have not been ...