Democrats threaten new flurry of subpoenas
By Thomas Ferraro
Reuters
A Democratic committee chairman in the U.S. House of Representatives threatened on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice if she refuses to testify voluntarily about claims made in the run-up to the Iraq war.
Rep. Henry Waxman of California said his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would vote on Wednesday whether to subpoena Rice to discuss administration warnings, since refuted, that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger for nuclear arms.
Waxman said his panel also would vote on whether to compel testimony from former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card about the 2003 leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's status as a covert CIA analyst.
Testifying before Waxman's committee last month, Plame accused the administration of blowing her cover to discredit her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who had accused the administration of twisting intelligence.
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Reuters
A Democratic committee chairman in the U.S. House of Representatives threatened on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice if she refuses to testify voluntarily about claims made in the run-up to the Iraq war.
Rep. Henry Waxman of California said his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would vote on Wednesday whether to subpoena Rice to discuss administration warnings, since refuted, that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger for nuclear arms.
Waxman said his panel also would vote on whether to compel testimony from former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card about the 2003 leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's status as a covert CIA analyst.
Testifying before Waxman's committee last month, Plame accused the administration of blowing her cover to discredit her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who had accused the administration of twisting intelligence.
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