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Line 27: − − Rice in 2004 initially decided not to publicly testify at the 9/11 commission. Bush said executive privilege under constitutional separation of powers and said she would not testify. Under pressure, Bush eventually said she would testify [3http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/08/rice.transcript/] as long as this meant that it wasn't done again necessarily and that others might not testify. She thusly was first of sitting National Security Advisor to testify. − − She also supported Bush's attempt to end the unfair affirmative action policies at the University of Minnesota. Famously she said once "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."[http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/10/wbr.smoking.gun/]
→Advising of National Security: rmv irrelevent liberal/commie drivel
Rice was out on front in terms of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to removal brutal tyrant Saddam from power. She famously editorialized how there was a lying Iraq in The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying."[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030123-1.html]
Rice was out on front in terms of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to removal brutal tyrant Saddam from power. She famously editorialized how there was a lying Iraq in The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying."[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030123-1.html]
Leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Rice became the first National Security Advisor to campaign for an incumbent president. She used this moment to state her belief that Saddam's government in Iraq made for terrorist circumstances that produced terrorism like the 9/11 attacks on America. At a Pittsburgh, she said "While Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the actual attacks on America, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a part of the Middle East that was festering and unstable, [and] was part of the circumstances that created the problem on September 11."
Leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Rice became the first National Security Advisor to campaign for an incumbent president. She used this moment to state her belief that Saddam's government in Iraq made for terrorist circumstances that produced terrorism like the 9/11 attacks on America. At a Pittsburgh, she said "While Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the actual attacks on America, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a part of the Middle East that was festering and unstable, [and] was part of the circumstances that created the problem on September 11."
Although some have criticized this as fear mongering she was herself only warning about the need for caution and the consequences of error, and because it was shown that Saddam could have gotten WMDs if he had wanted to, the critics generally say that this position has been vindicated.
Although some have criticized this as fear mongering she was herself only warning about the need for caution and the consequences of error, and because it was shown that Saddam could have gotten WMDs if he had wanted to, the critics generally say that this position has been vindicated.