Washington Week Show - # 4212
Washington Week Show - # 4212
Washington Week Show # 4212 - Saddam Hussein - Public Enemy #1, Intelligence Failures, $200 Billion Dollar War, Florida Fumble. Host Gwen Ifill, guests include Martha Raddatz, Tom Gjelten, Alan Murray, and David Shribman.
Washington Week Show - # 4212
Opening title sequence
Washington Week Show - # 4212
Composite footage (unclean) with Washington Week title and text: Saddam Hussein seated at table with military officials. Donald Rumsfeld greeting unknown man, Interior of United Nations in session, Colin Powell. Woman testifying at Intelligence hearing.
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American soldiers walking single file carrying gear. CU credit cards. McBride campaign material, including Janet Reno speaking at event.
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Gwen Ifill begins the show with recaps and quotes on the topic of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, and the United States continuing push to rid Iraq of chemical weapons and of Saddam Hussein. President George W. Bush "It's the same old song and dance that we've heard for eleven long years and the United Nations Security Council must show backbone must step up and hold this regime to account, otherwise the United States and some of our friends will do so." Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld saying "Mr. Chairman, the last thing we want is a smoking gun, gun smokes after it's been fired and the goal must be to stop an attack of the type I've described before it happens." The question is then posed to Martha Raddatz, Is this [political pressure] working? Other panelists ask questions about disarmament, UN resolutions, war authorization, and how this may play out in different scenarios.
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9/11 Intelligence Committee member says "The totality of the information in the body of reporting clearly reiterated a consistent and critically important theme, Bin Laden's intent to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States." The discussion turns towards whether or not the attacks of 9/11 were preventable and what was being done by various agencies in regards to tracking terror cells before the attacks were committed. Tom Gjelten also discusses what has changed now within the agencies and who will shoulder the blame.
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Gwen Ifill turns the discussion towards the costs of a potential war, how this will all be paid for, and what may need to be sacrificed in the President s budget plan. Alan Murray takes point in the discussion and discusses the various impacts a potential war will have on the U.S. economy.
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Gwen Ifill transition from talk of the economy and taxes to the mid-term elections, where the subject is very much the center of many races, particularly in gubernatorial races in Florida and Massachusetts. David Shribman talks about these races, the domestic issues involved, and if the talk of war has seeped into the debates.
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Host Gwen Ifill signs off.
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Credits