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FACT: Neither the President, nor the Cabinet, nor a senior administration official ever stated definitively that there were WMD in Iraq. They stated that the evidence strongly suggested that possibility.
Statement by President George W. Bush
"He said he wouldn't have chemical weapons, he's got them."
Source: Remarks by the President at Arkansas Welcome, White House (11/4/2002).
Statement by President George W. Bush
"Not only has he got chemical weapons, but I want you to remember, he's used chemical weapons."
Source: Remarks by the President in Texas Welcome, White House (11/4/2002).
Statement by President George W. Bush
"We not only know he's got chemical weapons, but incredibly enough he's used chemical weapons."
Source: President Talks Tax Cuts and Homeland Security in Iowa, White House (11/4/2002).
Statement by President George W. Bush
"He said he wouldn't have chemical weapons, he's got them."
Source: Remarks by the President at Missouri Welcome, White House (11/4/2002
Statement by President George W. Bush
"[Saddam Hussein is] a man who not only has chemical weapons, but he has used chemical weapons against some of his neighbors."
Source: Iraq Must Disarm Says President in South Dakota Speech, White House (11/3/2002).
Statement by President George W. Bush
"And surveillance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produced chemical and biological weapons. Yet Saddam Hussein has chosen to build and keep these weapons despite international sanctions, U.N. demands, and isolation from the civilized world."
Source: President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat; Remarks by the President on Iraq, White House (10/7/2002).
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"[T]hey have weaponized chemical weapons, we know that."
Source: Secretary Rumsfeld Media Availability at Kuwait City International Airport, Department of Defense (6/10/2002).
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"His regime has amassed large clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons, including VX and sarin and mustard gas."
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"We do know that the Iraqi regime currently has chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction."
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"He has, at this moment, stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons."
Source: Testimony of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld before the House Armed Services Committee, House Armed Services Committee (9/18/2002).
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"And he has biological and chemical weapons."
Source: Testimony of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld before the House Armed Services Committee, House Armed Services Committee (9/18/2002).
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"Well, we know that Saddam Hussein has chemical and biological weapons."
Source: Secretary Rumsfeld Live Interview with Infinity CBS Radio, Infinity-CBS Radio (11/14/2002).
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"They have amassed large clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons including VX and sarin and mustard gas."
Source: Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Defense Department (9/27/2002
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"He has stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons."
Source: Testimony of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services Committee (9/19/2002).
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"We do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction."
Source: Testimony of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services Committee (9/19/2002).
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"He claims to have no chemical or biological weapons, yet we know that he continues to hide biological or chemical weapons, moving them to different locations as often as every 12 to 24 hours, and placing them in residential neighborhoods."
Source: Donald Rumsfeld and Richard Myers Hold Regular Department of Defense Briefing, Defense Department (3/11/2003).
Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"Saddam Hussein possesses chemical and biological weapons."
Source: Donald Rumsfeld Addresses the Conference of Army Reserve Operators, Defense Department (1/20/2003).