CIA approved speech claiming Iraq seeking Africa uranium: Bush

ENTEBBE, Uganda (AFP) Jul 11, 2003
President George W. Bush said Friday US intelligence agencies had cleared his State of the Union address, which included a claim, since discredited, that Iraq tried to procure uranium from Niger.

"I gave a speech to the nation that was cleared by intelligence services. It was a speech that detailed to the American people the dangers posed by the Saddam Hussein regime," Bush said.

"My government took the appropriate response to the dangers, and as a result the world is more secure and more peaceful."

The US leader was speaking in Uganda, on the fourth stop of a five-country tour in Africa.

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