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Congress authorizes military force against Iraq

"[The White House had used] the pressures of the election to get this thing done before the election. The intensity, the manipulation, the tone of the speeches, the urgency. They were maximizing the sense Americans had that we could be attacked tomorrow. There was no question that this was being manipulated." -- Republican senator Chuck Hagel

"The resolution was a resolution that authorized the president to take that action if he deemed it necessary. Had I been more true to myself and the principles I believed in at the time, I would have openly opposed the whole adventure vocally and aggressively. I had a tough time reconciling doing that against the duties of majority leader in the House. I would have served myself and my party and my country better, though, had I done so." -- Dick Armey, February 4, 2007, quoted by McClatchy News

The Bali bombing
The Bali bombing
Paul Wellstone dies in plane crash; GOP attacks his memorial service as "partisan politics"
Investigators pore over the wreckage of the Wellstone plane crash
Investigators pore over the wreckage of the Wellstone plane crash

 

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