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Article: 'Stand up and be counted,' Bush tells Security Council.(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- March 5, 2003
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WASHINGTON (AP) With no assurance of the outcome, the Bush administration says it is time for the 15 nations on the UN Security Council to stand up and be counted on using force to disarm Iraq.
As President George W. Bush and senior American diplomats labored to round up votes at the United Nations and in world capitals, Secretary of State Colin Powell said "nobody really knows who has the votes until the votes are taken."
Bush also called in congressional leaders for breakfast on Wednesday.
But Powell told RTL television of Germany on Tuesday that "the United States feels it is appropriate to move forward with a vote in the absence of ...