[sirchtruth]

I be dambed (CS) if I get this whole stupid thing.

Can someone tell me exactly what the flap is about or are the Libs just making Bush defend himself over their inadaquate failure to recognize what he actually stated?

Thank you.

[GraniteStateConservative]

It's pretty straight forward, actually. SOTU speeches have high standards and the inclusion of the information didn't meet those standards (namely, that all information contained in SOTU speeches must be independently confirmed by the Administration). The implication was that the WH agreed with the British intelligence. That's fine, but in order to include it in the speech we had to be able to confirm the uranium story ourselves. The only proof we had was the word of Tony Blair-- again, perfectly fine for policy making or whatever, just not good enough for SOTU speeches.