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President Bush underscored last night 'the gap between the chemical and biological weapons Iraq had previously acknowledged possessing and those it can prove it has destroyed.' Even before Bush's speech (as the AP leaked quotes on the SOTU trickled out) there was evidence that this arguement may be subtly strengthening the admisistrations position in the domestic debate.Hours before Bush's address Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) told a small group of reporters that that based on Hans Blix's United Nations report, he believed that Iraq was now in 'material breach' of the Bush administration resolution demanding disarmament.Last week Kerry had accused the...