Thursday, December 18, 2008
Iraq Intelligence and Nuclear Evidence

New Evidence Contradicts White House Assertions on Uranium Claim

New evidence obtained by the Committee indicates that the CIA rejected White House efforts to insert the claim that Iraq sought uranium from Africa into two speeches by President Bush prior to the 2003 State of the Union address, contradicting assertions made to Congress by then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales on behalf of then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.