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Line 11: + − <br />In June of 2006, Santorum called a news conference to announce that [[weapons of mass destruction]] had been found in Iraq <ref name="FoxNews">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200499,00.html Fox News Report on Santorum's Press Conference]</ref> As evidence, he cited a Defense Department report that degraded chemical weapons had been found in Iraq. He claimed that this report refuted the [[Democrat]] claim that no [[WMD]]s had been found.+ − −
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==Santorum and the Iraq War==
==Santorum and the Iraq War==
In June of 2006, Santorum called a news conference to announce that [[weapons of mass destruction]] had been found in Iraq <ref name="FoxNews">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200499,00.html Fox News Report on Santorum's Press Conference]</ref> As evidence, he cited a Defense Department report that degraded chemical weapons had been found in Iraq. He claimed that this report refuted the [[Democrat]] claim that no [[WMD]]s had been found.
<br />Officials in [[George W. Bush]]'s White House disagreed. They pointed out that the chemical weapons were not in usable condition, and that these "are not the WMDs this country and the rest of the world believed Iraq had, and not the WMDs for which this country went to war."<ref name="FoxNews" /> Bush administration officials, including the President himself<ref name="WashTimes">[http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060406-112119-5897r.htm Washington Times Report on WMDs]</ref>, have consistently said that no WMDs have been found in Iraq.
<br />Officials in [[George W. Bush]]'s White House disagreed. They pointed out that the chemical weapons were not in usable condition, and that these "are not the WMDs this country and the rest of the world believed Iraq had, and not the WMDs for which this country went to war."<ref name="FoxNews" /> Bush administration officials, including the President himself<ref name="WashTimes">[http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060406-112119-5897r.htm Washington Times Report on WMDs]</ref>, have consistently said that no WMDs have been found in Iraq.
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