I Had Earlier Concluded That

There Is No Doubt That . Saddam Hussein Has Reinvigorated His Weapons Programs. Reports Indicate That Biological, Chemical And Nuclear Programs Continue Apace And May Be Back To Pre-gulf War Status. In Addition, Saddam Continues To Redefine Delivery Systems And Is Doubtless Using The Cover Of A Licit Missile Program To Develop Longer-range Missiles That Will Threaten The United States And Our Allies.

The President, Clearly As A Result Of The War And The Afterglow Of The War, Is In A Time Of Great Attention.

I Consider My Voice To Be A Centrist Moderate Voice Among The Nine Democratic Candidates.

I Had Earlier Concluded That A War With Iraq Would Be A Distraction From The Successful And Expeditious Completion Of Our Aims In Afghanistan. Now I Had Come To Question Whether The White House Was Telling The Truth.

We Ought To Recognize That We Have An Offensive Responsibility To Take The War To The Terrorists Where They Are. That Responsibility Has Waned In The Last Year As Military And Intelligence Resources Were Withdrawn From Afghanistan And Pakistan To Be Used In Iraq.