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Clinton Changes Tune on Iraq?

Cheney points out ex-president said one thing 4 years ago, another now

Monday, September 9, 2002
(12:48 PM ET)
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"Now, this was for him, supposedly, a top priority four years ago. There was a great deal of stirring around on it, a lot of debate, resolutions passed by the Congress. Tom Daschle talking about the need to use military force to deal with the threat that Saddam Hussein represented. Of course, what happened is nothing happened. And now four years later, we find ourselves in a situation where the situation has gotten worse.”

Former President Clinton may be criticizing plans by the current administration to invade Iraq, but four years ago his rhetoric against Saddam Hussein was as strong as President Bush's, Vice President Dick Cheney pointed out on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Host Tim Russert yesterday played a videotape clip of Clinton offering some advice to the new administration on fighting terror: "Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on September the 11th," Clinton said. "Osama bin Laden did. And as far as we know, he's still alive. We might do more good for America's security in the short run and at a far less cost by beefing up our efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere to flush out the entire network and to find him. We know they still have a terrorist network around the world. And we're already kind of changing the subject here, looking at Saddam Hussein, who's not going anywhere."

Cheney smiled wryly after watching the clip.
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