Stephen Hadley
Stephen Hadley
Stephen John Hadleywas the 21st U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, serving under President George W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 February 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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Our statements about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein were based on the aggregation of intelligence from a number of sources and represented the collective view of the intelligence community,
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We all looked at the same intelligence, and most people -- on the intelligence -- reached the same conclusion.
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Obviously, we didn't have the intelligence we needed in that particular instance. In some sense, those countries that pursue weapons of mass destruction in secret also learned an important lesson - that there are risks of that kind of behavior and that kind of activity.
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an issue of our intelligence, and obviously we need to do a better job of our intelligence.
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roughly the same intelligence that the Clinton administration saw.
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That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this spring that are free and fair and free of outside influence.
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I think the point that we need to emphasize here was, allegations now that the president somehow manipulated intelligence, somehow misled the American people are flat wrong.
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The intelligence was clear in terms of the weapons of mass destruction.
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It is planned as an opportunity for him to watch and learn a little bit about it. But, you know, who knows what he'll do? I have not asked him.
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We don't feel we are engaging the regime. Again, what we are doing is removing some objection to something the Europeans are doing.
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We'll want to continue to have a dialogue on that issue to make sure that we continue to see that issue the same way.
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We've listened to our critics and are already pursuing many of their proposals.
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Palestinian President Abbas earned the trust of his people when he was elected on a platform of peace this past January. Now the Palestinian Authority must make good on that promise by fighting terrorism.
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Our preference is to act through diplomacy in conjunction with friends and allies. ... Obviously, we retain the right to use force.