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From our New York World Headquarters in New York: Connie Chung.
CC: Good morning from New York, I’m Connie Chung.
Late last April the State department issued a report stating that terrorism in 2004 was at it’s lowest levels in 34 years.
The Bush Administration were using the numbers as evidence that The War on Terror was working. Some in Congress, like Henry Waxman, a democrat from California, challenged the results and demanded the White House issue proof of the findings in the report. Waxman did not get any response and he accused the Bush Administration of stonewalling the findings.
Late last week the White House and State Department admitted that the report contained some “factual errors” and over the weekend State Department damage control went into overdrive. It now has found that over 7 pages of the report are in error.
Here to discuss the Report on Terror is Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Good morning Mister Secretary.
CP: Hello Connie, it’s nice to be with you again.
CC: Secretary Powell, over the weekend on “Meet The Press” you said this report was not the result of “cooking the books” or intentionally producing falsehoods.
CP: That’s right Connie. We were wrong. Plain and simple. Not maliciously wrong. Just wrong. Not intentionally wrong. Unintentionally just wrong.
CC: So, is it better to be accused of being sloppy and inaccurate, or lying and political?
CP: How about that moving Reagan Funeral? Didn’t that touch your heart?
CC: Were done with all that nonsense. What about it Mister Secretary?
CP: I am not a happy camper.
CC: Please, answer the question Mister Secretary.
CP: Well… I mean we didn’t do it on purpose. We made a mistake. Haven’t you ever made a mistake?
CC: A few errors are mistakes, 4 or 5 a little sloppy. 7 Pages of errors, I’m sorry it looks like your lying.
CP: I remember the Reagan years. People thought I had integrity back then. Remember those days?
CC: Mister…
CP: … I do. Ronnie in the big White House. I would come in all my uniform and everything. He listened and attacked countries based on evidence and thoughts we shared together. No Pottery Barn crap then. Ahh Ronnie. And now he’s dead. I hope your happy!
CC: Secretary Powell, please, stop it. Stop whining. What about the report?
CP: They were math errors alright. Have you ever used a solar calculator? Sometimes they just go wacky.
CC: So you still hold that it was simple mathematic errors and you weren’t lying for political reasons?
CP: Connie, let me say this to you and the American people: This White House and this State Department do not lie. Alright? We don’t lie.
CC: Mister Secretary, your nose…
CP No lying. How could we effectively run the country and a war in Iraq and a war on terror and lie all the time? It’s just not possible. Please. I’m indignant now.
CC: Thank you, Colin Powell.
CP: AND THAT’S THE TRUTH!
ST IS!
From our New York World Headquarters in New York: Connie Chung.
CC: Good morning from New York, I’m Connie Chung.
Late last April the State department issued a report stating that terrorism in 2004 was at it’s lowest levels in 34 years.
The Bush Administration were using the numbers as evidence that The War on Terror was working. Some in Congress, like Henry Waxman, a democrat from California, challenged the results and demanded the White House issue proof of the findings in the report. Waxman did not get any response and he accused the Bush Administration of stonewalling the findings.
Late last week the White House and State Department admitted that the report contained some “factual errors” and over the weekend State Department damage control went into overdrive. It now has found that over 7 pages of the report are in error.
Here to discuss the Report on Terror is Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Good morning Mister Secretary.
CP: Hello Connie, it’s nice to be with you again.
CC: Secretary Powell, over the weekend on “Meet The Press” you said this report was not the result of “cooking the books” or intentionally producing falsehoods.
CP: That’s right Connie. We were wrong. Plain and simple. Not maliciously wrong. Just wrong. Not intentionally wrong. Unintentionally just wrong.
CC: So, is it better to be accused of being sloppy and inaccurate, or lying and political?
CP: How about that moving Reagan Funeral? Didn’t that touch your heart?
CC: Were done with all that nonsense. What about it Mister Secretary?
CP: I am not a happy camper.
CC: Please, answer the question Mister Secretary.
CP: Well… I mean we didn’t do it on purpose. We made a mistake. Haven’t you ever made a mistake?
CC: A few errors are mistakes, 4 or 5 a little sloppy. 7 Pages of errors, I’m sorry it looks like your lying.
CP: I remember the Reagan years. People thought I had integrity back then. Remember those days?
CC: Mister…
CP: … I do. Ronnie in the big White House. I would come in all my uniform and everything. He listened and attacked countries based on evidence and thoughts we shared together. No Pottery Barn crap then. Ahh Ronnie. And now he’s dead. I hope your happy!
CC: Secretary Powell, please, stop it. Stop whining. What about the report?
CP: They were math errors alright. Have you ever used a solar calculator? Sometimes they just go wacky.
CC: So you still hold that it was simple mathematic errors and you weren’t lying for political reasons?
CP: Connie, let me say this to you and the American people: This White House and this State Department do not lie. Alright? We don’t lie.
CC: Mister Secretary, your nose…
CP No lying. How could we effectively run the country and a war in Iraq and a war on terror and lie all the time? It’s just not possible. Please. I’m indignant now.
CC: Thank you, Colin Powell.
CP: AND THAT’S THE TRUTH!
ST IS!
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