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"I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons."

— Dick Cheney

January 1, 1970

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Donald Rumsfeld, at a hearing of the Senate's appropriations subcommittee on defense, May 14, 2003 ; Cheney asserted that Iraq had nuclear weapons March 16 of the same year on Meet the Press. On Sept 14 of that year, Cheney said the original statement was misstatement, and that he had meant to say "reconstituted nuclear weapons program".

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Donald Rumsfeld, at a hearing of the Senate's appropriations subcommittee on defense, May 14, 2003 ; Cheney asserted that Iraq had nuclear weapons March 16 of the same year on Meet the Press. On Sept 14 of that year, Cheney said the original statement was misstatement, and that he had meant to say "reconstituted nuclear weapons program".