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Bush Calls New U.N. Resolution 'Final Test' for Hussein

Aired November 09, 2002 - 17:02   ET

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: President Bush says a U.N. Security Council resolution is a final test for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government. Iraq has seven days to let the U.N. know whether it will let weapons inspectors back in the country. So, what is next? Well, for that we're going to turn to CNN's Suzanne Malveaux. She is at the White House.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Bush is spending the weekend at Camp David after an extraordinary week, both on the domestic and international fronts.

It was eight weeks of hard core diplomacy but he won a unanimous vote from the U.N. Security Council on the Iraq resolution holding Saddam Hussein to account, a resolution that actually said that Iraq was in material breach of U.N. resolutions. It also outlined the requirements to come into compliance and the consequences if Saddam Hussein did not comply.

Now, President Bush in his weekly radio address really putting the pressure on Saddam Hussein to accept this resolution, saying that his time is limited.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The resolution presents the Iraqi regime with a test, a final test. Iraq must now without delay or negotiations give up its weapons of mass destruction, welcome full inspections, and fundamentally change the approach it has taken for more than a decade.

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MALVEAUX: Carol, it is a fast track resolution. Saddam Hussein must act quickly. Here is a sense of the time table we're talking about. Iraq must agree to comply by November 15, must declare all weapons by December 8, and with full inspections to begin no later than December 23 -- Carol.

LIN: All right, Suzanne Malveaux live at the White House.

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Aired November 9, 2002 - 17:02   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: President Bush says a U.N. Security Council resolution is a final test for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government. Iraq has seven days to let the U.N. know whether it will let weapons inspectors back in the country. So, what is next? Well, for that we're going to turn to CNN's Suzanne Malveaux. She is at the White House.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Bush is spending the weekend at Camp David after an extraordinary week, both on the domestic and international fronts.

It was eight weeks of hard core diplomacy but he won a unanimous vote from the U.N. Security Council on the Iraq resolution holding Saddam Hussein to account, a resolution that actually said that Iraq was in material breach of U.N. resolutions. It also outlined the requirements to come into compliance and the consequences if Saddam Hussein did not comply.

Now, President Bush in his weekly radio address really putting the pressure on Saddam Hussein to accept this resolution, saying that his time is limited.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The resolution presents the Iraqi regime with a test, a final test. Iraq must now without delay or negotiations give up its weapons of mass destruction, welcome full inspections, and fundamentally change the approach it has taken for more than a decade.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MALVEAUX: Carol, it is a fast track resolution. Saddam Hussein must act quickly. Here is a sense of the time table we're talking about. Iraq must agree to comply by November 15, must declare all weapons by December 8, and with full inspections to begin no later than December 23 -- Carol.

LIN: All right, Suzanne Malveaux live at the White House.

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