The White House overrode the CIA's objections about a statement in President Bush's State of the Union address that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa for its nuclear weapons program, CBS Evening News reported on July 10, 2003. White House officials argued that since a paper issued by the British government contained the assertion, if it was attributed to Britain it would be factually accurate, CBS reported. Bush is shown during the State of the Union address, with Vice President Dick Cheney, Jan. 28. REUTERS/Larry Downing-Files
News is today (7/11/03), that the CIA signed off on the intelligence that Bush used in preparing his SOU address.