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{{Cquote|Saddam Hussein has given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.|20px|20px|Sen. Hillary Clinton, Oct. 12, 2002.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp Fact Check: Words of Mass Destruction], Snopes.com </ref>}}

{{Cquote|Saddam Hussein has given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.|20px|20px|Sen. Hillary Clinton, Oct. 12, 2002.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp Fact Check: Words of Mass Destruction], Snopes.com </ref>}}

:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton Senate career]]''

:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton Senate career]]''

===Weopons of Mass Destruction===

===Weapons of Mass Destruction===

Sen. Hillary Clinton led the fight on the floor of the [[United States Senate]] among Democrats to grant President [[George W. Bush]] authority to remove [[Saddam Hussein]] from [[Iraq]]. Hillary Clinton claimed, based upon her first hand experience over 8 years in the White House, that Saddam was in possession of [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0 Hillary Clinton Iraq War Vote Speech]. youtube.com </ref> Sen. Bernie Sanders questioned her judgement, and he and his supporters were ostracized and ridiculed by the Democratic party establishment for doing so.

Sen. Hillary Clinton led the fight on the floor of the [[United States Senate]] among Democrats to grant President [[George W. Bush]] authority to remove [[Saddam Hussein]] from [[Iraq]]. Hillary Clinton claimed, based upon her first hand experience over 8 years in the White House, that Saddam was in possession of [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0 Hillary Clinton Iraq War Vote Speech]. youtube.com </ref> Sen. Bernie Sanders questioned her judgement, and he and his supporters were ostracized and ridiculed by the Democratic party establishment for doing so.

<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/02/22/democrats_who_backed_iraq_now_dare_slime_sanders_foreign_policy_experience/ Democrats who backed Iraq now dare slime Sanders’ foreign policy experience?], Paul Rosenberg, ''[[Salon]]'', Feb 22, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.dailywire.com/news/4709/hillary-panics-sanders-arthritic-fingers-cling-her-ben-shapiro Hillary Panics As Sanders' Arthritic Fingers Cling To Her Electoral Cankles], Ben Shapiro, April 6, 2016.  www.dailywire.com </ref><ref>[http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000154-86bf-da04-a3ff-9ebfd97e0000 Letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders to DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, May 6, 2016].</ref>

<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/02/22/democrats_who_backed_iraq_now_dare_slime_sanders_foreign_policy_experience/ Democrats who backed Iraq now dare slime Sanders’ foreign policy experience?], Paul Rosenberg, ''[[Salon]]'', Feb 22, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.dailywire.com/news/4709/hillary-panics-sanders-arthritic-fingers-cling-her-ben-shapiro Hillary Panics As Sanders' Arthritic Fingers Cling To Her Electoral Cankles], Ben Shapiro, April 6, 2016.  www.dailywire.com </ref><ref>[http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000154-86bf-da04-a3ff-9ebfd97e0000 Letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders to DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, May 6, 2016].</ref>