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President Bush acknowledged for the first time on Friday that some pre-war assessments of Iraq’s weapons stockpiles may have been wrong...

President Bush acknowledged for the first time on Friday that some pre-war assessments of Iraq’s weapons stockpiles may have been wrong, and he named a seven-member commission to investigate the nation’s intelligence operations.

He called for a report and recommendations by March 31, 2005, which is four months after the elections. The most sensitive part of the commission’s charge is to study information about Iraq that was available to the White House before the war, in an effort to determine if an intelligence failure contributed to Bush’s as-yet-unproved assertions that Saddam Hussein had WMDS.

‘‘The commission will examine intelligence on WMDs and related 21st-century threats and issue recommendations to ensure our capabilities are strong,’’ he said.

The executive order signed by Bush today said the panel will ‘‘examine the Intelligence Community’s intelligence prior to the initiation of Operation Iraqi Freedom and compare it with the findings of the Iraq Survey Group and other relevant agencies or organisations concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of Iraq relating to the design, development, manufacture, acquisition, possession, proliferation, transfer, testing, potential or threatened use, or use of Weapons of Mass Destruction and means of delivery.’’ — (LAT-WP)

Trump and Netanyahu at the White House: 20 point peace plan for Gaza

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