Rumsfeld proposed prewar strike on Khurmal site in 2003
Former Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld reveals in Known and Unknown that he urged a U S military strike on a suspected chemical weapons site near the Iraqi border in 2003 to precede Colin Powell U N address. He says Joint Chiefs backed the plan based on extensive CIA evidence and that the target could prove active WMD production before the war.
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Hatch Embraces Tea Party Image On televised town hall
Sen. Orrin Hatch, running for a sixth term in 2012, told a National Press Club town hall he aligns with the tea party on fiscal conservatism and repealing the health care overhaul. He warned against government overreach while acknowledging the movement’s influence on elections.
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