Speaking in Atlanta today, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was sharply questioned about his pre-war claims about WMD in Iraq. An audience member confronted Rumsfeld with his 2003 claim about WMD, “We know where they are.” Rumsfeld falsely claimed he never said it. The audience member then read Rumsfeld’s quote back to him, leaving the defense secretary speechless. Watch it:
http://images1.americanprogress.org/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/rum.320.240.mov
Of course, Rumsfeld did say he knew where the WMD were. From ABC’s This Week, 5/4/03:
STEPHANOPOULOS: And is it curious to you that given how much control U.S. and coalition forces now have in the country, they haven’t found any weapons of mass destruction?
SEC. RUMSFELD: …We know where they are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.
Read the full transcript HERE.
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Between us speaking, in my opinion, it is obvious. I will not begin to speak on this theme.
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