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Senate Intelligence Committee Makes Case Against Iraqi War
Aired October 25, 2003 - 08:08 ET
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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Now to Washington. The Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing a report that is expected to be a blistering indictment of the CIA and the case President Bush made against Saddam Hussein.
CNN's Kathleen Koch joins us now live from Washington with the details -- good morning to you, Kathleen.
KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Heidi.
The White House at this point has so far remained largely silent on the Senate Select Committee's report that is expected to be very critical of the quality of the intelligence information that the CIA provided to the administration before the Iraq war. President Bush, of course, before he left on his eight day trip throughout Asia and Australia had mounted, his entire administration, a major P.R. campaign to get the word out that the U.S. was making progress in Iraq, that it was restoring the infrastructure back to prewar levels and even beyond that, it was restoring order in much of the country.
And that campaign is continuing now that the president is back in the United States. Iraq is expected to be the subject of his radio address later on this morning.
But President Bush, this campaign, this good news campaign obviously now is going to be taking place under the shadow of these new doubts about whether or not the administration got good intelligence at the outset upon which to base its decision to go to war.
The White House is also putting a very positive spin on the outcome of the Friday international donor conference in Madrid, Spain to raise money for the reconstruction in Iraq. The administration had figured that it needed about $56 billion over the next four years to rebuild the country. The U.S. had committed $20 billion. So it was really hoping to pass the hat and get other countries to chip in the remaining $36 billion.
However, it got just $13 billion. Still, the president called that a success and said that it marked "significant progress for freedom in Iraq" -- Heidi.
COLLINS: All right, Kathleen Koch coming to us live this morning from Washington.
Thanks so much, Kathleen.
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Aired October 25, 2003 - 08:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Now to Washington. The Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing a report that is expected to be a blistering indictment of the CIA and the case President Bush made against Saddam Hussein.
CNN's Kathleen Koch joins us now live from Washington with the details -- good morning to you, Kathleen.
KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Heidi.
The White House at this point has so far remained largely silent on the Senate Select Committee's report that is expected to be very critical of the quality of the intelligence information that the CIA provided to the administration before the Iraq war. President Bush, of course, before he left on his eight day trip throughout Asia and Australia had mounted, his entire administration, a major P.R. campaign to get the word out that the U.S. was making progress in Iraq, that it was restoring the infrastructure back to prewar levels and even beyond that, it was restoring order in much of the country.
And that campaign is continuing now that the president is back in the United States. Iraq is expected to be the subject of his radio address later on this morning.
But President Bush, this campaign, this good news campaign obviously now is going to be taking place under the shadow of these new doubts about whether or not the administration got good intelligence at the outset upon which to base its decision to go to war.
The White House is also putting a very positive spin on the outcome of the Friday international donor conference in Madrid, Spain to raise money for the reconstruction in Iraq. The administration had figured that it needed about $56 billion over the next four years to rebuild the country. The U.S. had committed $20 billion. So it was really hoping to pass the hat and get other countries to chip in the remaining $36 billion.
However, it got just $13 billion. Still, the president called that a success and said that it marked "significant progress for freedom in Iraq" -- Heidi.
COLLINS: All right, Kathleen Koch coming to us live this morning from Washington.
Thanks so much, Kathleen.
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