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Wednesday, April 2, 2003 10:46 p.m. EST
Eagleburger: NY Times Asked Me to Trash Bush

Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger revealed late Wednesday that the New York Times recently asked him to write an essay on the Iraq war - but only on the condition that he would be critical of the Bush administration.

"About ten days ago I was approached by the New York Times to write an op-ed piece," Eagleburger told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes." "When I talked to them about it I was told, 'What we want is criticism of the administration.'"

"They told you that?" asked an incredulous Sean Hannity.

"Yes, right out, flat out," Eagleburger replied. "He told me, 'We want criticism of the administration.'

"Needless to say," the former secretary of state added, "I did not write the op-ed piece."