Ex - U.S. Senator from South Dakota and the Senate Minority Leader

Minority Leader who considered running for President, loses his Senate seat...
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Bordering on Unpatriotic
In a speech given hours before President Bush delivered an address to the nation in which he gave Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a 48-hour deadline to accept exile or face war Daschle said:
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"I'm saddened, saddened that this president failed so miserably at diplomacy that we're now forced to war."
The South Dakota Democrat added that he was "saddened that we have to give up one life because this president couldn't create the kind of diplomatic effort that was so critical for our country."
The South Dakota Democrat added that he was "saddened that we have to give up one life because this president couldn't create the kind of diplomatic effort that was so critical for our country."
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In a statement, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert asserted, "Those comments may not undermine the president as he leads us into war, and they may not give comfort to our adversaries, but they come mighty close."
Daschel defending the status of WMD within Iraq...
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Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.
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Daschel defending the state of the union:
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Let there be no doubt: the state of our union is strong - stronger than the terrorists who seek to harm us and stronger than the challenges that confront us. At the same time, we know that our union can be stronger still.
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]Daschel supporting military force...
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We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily.
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This is why he lost the election...
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This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.
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