Joe Wilson
Joe Wilson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 July 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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But what I have to say to people who might come forward is that one of the great things about our democracy is freedom of the press.
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The fact is, I was not sent out to question what British intelligence might have, I was sent out to question the allegation that Saddam Hussein had attempted to purchase several hundred tons of uranium oxide from Niger.
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I don't know if that's true or not, but you can be sure that a GS-14 or 15 with a couple of kids in college, when he sees the allegations that came from senior administration officials about my family ... in the public domain, you can be sure that he's going to be worried about what might happen if he were to come forward,
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When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.
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I still do believe that the WMD issue was an important issue for us to be vigilant about.
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the vice president is one of those people.
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Bob Novak called me before he went to print with the report and he said a CIA source had told him that my wife was an operative, ... He was trying to get a second source. He couldn't get a second source. Could I confirm that? And I said no.
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As to the memo, I knew nothing about it other than a Post journalist had told me there was one circulating which he characterized as having been written by somebody who was not at the meeting where I was asked if I would be willing to go to Niger.
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At that time in the morning it's not uncommon that fatigue played a factor.
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The traditional arts of this country don't need rescuing,
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Most journalists who have interviewed me will tell you that I am careful with my use of words any way, and I certainly try to be.
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Well, I take great pride in being an American, and I don't believe either party has a monopoly on wisdom.
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The act of leaking my wife's name to the press was a political act.
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We have the new greatest generation. We don't need as large a military due to the technology we have, the equipment we have outfitting our personnel. They really are storm troopers.