CBS News - 2003-03-17 - Powell press conference

Name: CBS News - 2003-03-17 - Powell press conference
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[0:00] good Morning Anthony Mason reporting

[0:02] from CBS News headquarters in New York

[0:04] good morning US Secretary of State colen

[0:06] Powell is about to brief reporters on

[0:08] the latest in The Showdown with Iraq

[0:09] Saddam Hussein diplomatic efforts to

[0:12] solve the crisis between the US and Iraq

[0:14] are beginning to shut down earlier this

[0:16] morning at the UN the US Great Britain

[0:19] and Spain withdrew a proposed resolution

[0:21] giving Iraq one more chance to disarm

[0:24] President Bush will address the nation

[0:26] at 8:00 p.m. eastern time tonight he's

[0:28] expected to give Saddam Hussein and his

[0:30] regime an ultimatum to disarm or face a

[0:33] us-led military attack within days here

[0:35] is Secretary of State morning ladies and

[0:37] gentlemen as you know last fall in an

[0:40] act of unanimity the security Council

[0:43] came together following President Bush's

[0:46] historic speech to the United Nations on

[0:48] the 12th of September and on the 8th of

[0:50] November after long negotiations uh

[0:53] passed UN resolution

[0:56] 1441 by unanimous vote 15 to Z not one

[1:00] member failing to raise a hand in

[1:03] support of that

[1:04] resolution in the months after the

[1:06] passage of UN resolution

[1:09] 1441 we watched as the inspectors began

[1:12] their work and we were immediately

[1:14] concerned that Iraq was not going to

[1:17] understand the intention of

[1:19] 1441 when Iraq submitted 30 days later a

[1:22] declaration that can only be said to be

[1:24] false not complete rather incomplete not

[1:28] truthful untruth truthful and nowhere

[1:31] near meeting the spirit

[1:33] intended in

[1:35] 1441 we call that out to the

[1:38] International Community at that time we

[1:40] said we believe that tha