WASHINGTON -- National security adviser Condoleezza Riceforcefully disputed on Sunday an assertion that President Bushdecided in early January 2003 to invade Iraq, three months beforeofficial accounts say the decision was made.
The statement, in Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new bookabout the run-up to war, is "simply not, not right," Rice said.
Bush told reporters a prime-time news conference on March 6 that aU.N. Security Council resolution authorizing action was days away.Ten days later, having failed to win approval, the resolution waswithdrawn, and the assault began March 20.
Rice did not deny the private conversation between her and Bushjust …
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