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What's on Tap for Washington, D.C. Today?
Aired September 19, 2002 - 06:10 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: As we told you, Iraq will be the topic on Capitol Hill today.
Joining us now on the phone for more is our Washington deputy bureau chief Steve Redisch.
Good morning -- Steve.
STEVE REDISCH, CNN WASHINGTON DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Tell us more about the president's day.
REDISCH: The president today doesn't have a whole lot on his schedule, per se, but he will send up to Capitol Hill his idea and his draft for a resolution giving him authority to use military force against Iraq. And it comes a day after he met with the big four, the leaders up on Capitol Hill of both the House and the Senate. The resolution is -- should be up to Capitol Hill today. It's final form still to be determined. House may pass it in tact, but the Senate may add some wording and the final version we should see in about two weeks.
COSTELLO: Got you.
And we mentioned earlier on DAYBREAK that Secretary of State Colin Powell will be busy as well.
REDISCH: He'll be up on Capitol Hill. He's the second administration official to testify in open regarding Iraq. Diplomacy and where things stand with the United Nations will be among the topics that he'll discuss before the House International Relations Committee.
COSTELLO: And I'm sure another big topic on the Hill, the intelligence breakdown prior to 9/11.
REDISCH: There was a lot coming out yesterday about so-called missed signals and information that came in before 9/11. Today, defense -- Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will testify before the Joint Intelligence Committee. And later, we'll hear from former national security advisors Anthony Lake, Sandy Berger, Brent Scowcroft about what they know about the intelligence regarding al Qaeda and 9/11.
COSTELLO: Should be interesting. Thank you very much, Steven Redisch, for joining us. We'll check back with you tomorrow and we'll let you head down to the Washington bureau now.
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Aired September 19, 2002 - 06:10 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: As we told you, Iraq will be the topic on Capitol Hill today.
Joining us now on the phone for more is our Washington deputy bureau chief Steve Redisch.
Good morning -- Steve.
STEVE REDISCH, CNN WASHINGTON DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Tell us more about the president's day.
REDISCH: The president today doesn't have a whole lot on his schedule, per se, but he will send up to Capitol Hill his idea and his draft for a resolution giving him authority to use military force against Iraq. And it comes a day after he met with the big four, the leaders up on Capitol Hill of both the House and the Senate. The resolution is -- should be up to Capitol Hill today. It's final form still to be determined. House may pass it in tact, but the Senate may add some wording and the final version we should see in about two weeks.
COSTELLO: Got you.
And we mentioned earlier on DAYBREAK that Secretary of State Colin Powell will be busy as well.
REDISCH: He'll be up on Capitol Hill. He's the second administration official to testify in open regarding Iraq. Diplomacy and where things stand with the United Nations will be among the topics that he'll discuss before the House International Relations Committee.
COSTELLO: And I'm sure another big topic on the Hill, the intelligence breakdown prior to 9/11.
REDISCH: There was a lot coming out yesterday about so-called missed signals and information that came in before 9/11. Today, defense -- Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will testify before the Joint Intelligence Committee. And later, we'll hear from former national security advisors Anthony Lake, Sandy Berger, Brent Scowcroft about what they know about the intelligence regarding al Qaeda and 9/11.
COSTELLO: Should be interesting. Thank you very much, Steven Redisch, for joining us. We'll check back with you tomorrow and we'll let you head down to the Washington bureau now.
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