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His statement that he is not encouraged and his skepticism is based on 11 years and empirical evidence and behavior from Saddam Hussein in which he violated United Nations resolutions and did everything he could to thwart the inspectors.
- Ari Fleischer
Reporters covering Bushs second term, under pressure from editors not to use unnamed sources in their stories, started asking their sources if a background quote, attributed to a senior aide, could instead be turned into an on-the-record quote, with the aides name in print. I e-mailed last week with several former Bush staffers and many confirmed they engaged in that practice.
- Ari Fleischer