State: Wolfowitz Analyzes Risks Associated With Action Against Iraq
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz says that to wait until Iraq poses an imminent threat to the United States "assumes that we will know when it is imminent," and historically that has been a highly risky method for making national security policy.
AP: Bush Signs Iraq War Resolution
President Bush on Wednesday signed a congressional resolution authorizing war against Iraq, and told Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that Israel has a right to retaliate if Saddam Hussein strikes his nation now without provocation.
White House Transcript: President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Sharon to White House, The Oval Office
White House: President Condemns Attack in Bali, Remarks by the President Upon Departure for Michigan, The South Lawn
State:Bush Says Confronting Iraq Is "Matter of National Security"
In his radio address to the nation October 12, President Bush thanked Congress for passing measures authorizing the use of force in Iraq if necessary, and said that confronting Iraq "is an urgent matter of national security."
