http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-oversight-panel-may-look-past-rice-tenet-in-inquiry-into-uranium-2007-04-30.htmlHouse oversight panel may look past Rice, Tenet in inquiry into uranium By Helen Fessenden and Jackie Kucinich
May 01, 2007
Following a subpoena to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a letter to former CIA Director George Tenet last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee may cast an even wider net in its probe into why the administration made false pre-war claims that Iraq was seeking to acquire uranium from Niger.
The panel’s chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), said last Thursday that the panel had not yet made a decision on how many more individuals it would contact, but indicated that he may consider it.
“We’ll take this one step at a time, and we’ll see,” he said. “I still think Rice will come in the end, but so far we’ve just gotten stonewalled.” Regarding other names, a Democratic committee aide said “nothing is ruled out,” but added that “we’re just very early in the process.”
Rice has so far refused to meet with the committee on the matter and said on Sunday she would not comply with the subpoena. Through an aide, she has sent several letters to the panel, but Waxman has called those responses insufficient and vague. He has been sending letters to Rice regarding the uranium claim since spring 2003.
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