World News Tonight (ABC) - 2002-09-01 (no intro)
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[0:02] fast approaching. Mr. Bush is facing a
[0:04] daunting fall schedule filled with
[0:07] contentious issues, including Iraq.
[0:10] ABC's John Cochran is at the White
[0:12] House. John,
[0:14] >> Carol, you're right. One of the big
[0:15] challenges facing the president is the
[0:17] selling of his Iraq policy. But tonight,
[0:19] there's some very big questions. What is
[0:22] his Iraq policy? And who speaks for this
[0:24] administration?
[0:26] As the president returned to the White
[0:27] House this afternoon, his spokesman was
[0:30] struggling to reconcile the apparently
[0:32] contradictory views of Vice President
[0:34] Cheney and Secretary of State Powell.
[0:36] Both say Saddam Hussein cannot be
[0:38] trusted. But Powell told the BBC he
[0:40] still believes UN weapons inspectors
[0:43] should return to Iraq.
[0:44] >> And so as a first step, let's see what
[0:46] the inspectors find. Send them back in.
[0:48] >> This past week, the vice president
[0:50] seemed to think inspections are a bad
[0:52] idea. A return of inspectors would
[0:54] provide no assurance whatsoever of his
[0:57] compliance with UN resolutions.
[1:00] On the contrary, there's a great danger
[1:02] that it would provide false comfort that
[1:04] Saddam was somehow back in his box. Why
[1:08] the split between two administration
[1:09] heavyweights?
[1:10] >> You'll have to ask the administration.
[1:12] >> But I mean, doesn't that be nice if they
[1:13] got their act together, wouldn't it?
[1:15] >> Congress will expect administration
[1:17] officials to have their act together
[1:18] when they testify on Iraq this month.
[1:20] That is just one of the president's
[1:22] problems. With Congress eager to get out
[1:24] of town early next month to campaign,
[1:27] the president