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Related: About this forumMcCain And Graham Defended Condoleezza Rice Over Iraq WMD Testimony
McCain And Graham Defended Condoleezza Rice Over Iraq WMD Testimonyby Zeke Miller at BuzzFeed
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/graham-and-mccain-defended-condoleeza-rice-over-ir
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But in 2005, Graham was fiercely protective of Rice as she faced confirmation to take over the State Department, chaffing at terms used by Democratic lawmakers to describe her testimony.
"The words like misleading and disingenuous, I think, were very unfair," Graham said on Fox News.
Asked if then-Sen. Mark Dayton's use of the word "liar" was justified, Graham pounced.
"Yes, that's even more unfair. Because it was all in terms of weapons of mass destruction and misleading us about the war and what was in Iraq. Well, every intelligence agency in the world was misled. And to connect those two to say that she's a liar is very unfair, over the line."
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McCain And Graham Defended Condoleezza Rice Over Iraq WMD Testimony (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2012
OP
"every intelligence agency in the world was misled" ... weren't the French saying
zbdent
Nov 2012
#2
Our Canadian government said of the Iraq intelligence it was given: "it follows
applegrove
Nov 2012
#3
Carolina
(6,960 posts)1. Such critical assholes eom
zbdent
(35,392 posts)2. "every intelligence agency in the world was misled" ... weren't the French saying
that it wasn't so?
That really has to burn their buns ...
applegrove
(118,685 posts)3. Our Canadian government said of the Iraq intelligence it was given: "it follows
no previously known pattern of intelligence" so we in Canada did not join in the coalition of the willing. Canada thought it was bull****.
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)4. Also add in the 11 attacks on American embassies abroad