President Bush responds to a question on his intelligence credibility with the international community after it was revealed that the intelligence on Iraq’s possession of WMD was wrong.
Bush explains that the intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction was shared within the international community. Everyone who viewed it, including members of Congress, were convinced that Saddam possessed WMDs. (:41)
December 19, 2005
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