Sen. Edward Kennedy Knows Very Directly. Senator Kennedy And I Talked On Several Occasions Prior To The War That My View Was That The Best Evidence That I Had Seen Was That Iraq Indeed Had Weapons Of Mass Destruction. - SearchQuotes

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Sen. Edward Kennedy knows very directly. Senator Kennedy and I talked on several occasions prior to the war that my view was that the best evidence that I had seen was that Iraq indeed had weapons of mass destruction.

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