Bill Clinton in In My Time, by Vice President Dick Cheney

On War & Peace: 1998: Signed Iraq Liberation Act calling for Saddam's ouster

In 1998 Saddam Hussein insisted that international weapons inspectors stop work and leave Iraq. In response, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law the Iraq Liberation Act, making regime change in Iraq the policy of the United States government and approving nearly $100 million to fund Iraqi opposition groups working for Saddam's ouster.

That December, President Clinton launched Operation Desert Fox, a four-day air strike campaign meant to diminish Saddam's weapons capabilities. "If Saddam defies the world and we fail to respond, we will face a far greater threat in the future," President Clinton said. "Mark my words, he will develop weapons of mass destruction. He will deploy them, and he will use them." There was bipartisan support for the operation.

Source: In My Time, by V.P. Dick Cheney, p.365-366 Aug 30, 2011

The above quotations are from In My Time A Personal and Political Memoir by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney. Click here for other excerpts from In My Time A Personal and Political Memoir by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney. Click here for other excerpts by Bill Clinton. Click here for a profile of Bill Clinton.
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