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"Saddam Hussein has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours."
-- Secretary of State Colin Powell, February 2001

"We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its weapons of mass destruction programs."
-- CIA report, February 2001

"We are able to keep his arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt."
-- National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice, July 2001