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...Bush's term? The evidence suggests that many in the Bush Administration simply wanted to believe it. The tale begins in the early 1980s, when Iraq made two purchases of uranium oxide from Niger totaling more than 300 tons. Known as "yellowcake," uranium oxide is a partially refined ore that, when combined with fluorine and then converted into a gas, can eventually be used to create weapons-grade uranium. No one disputes that Iraq had a nuclear-weapons program in the 1980s, but it was dismantled after the first Gulf War. Then, in the mid-1990s, defectors provided evidence that...
...intelligence arm had sent a memo directly to Secretary of State Colin Powell that also disputed the Italian intelligence. Greg Thielmann, then a high-ranking official at State's research unit, told TIME that it was not in Niger's self-interest to sell the Iraqis the destabilizing ore. "A whole lot of things told us that the report was bogus," Thielmann said later. "This wasn't highly contested. There weren't strong advocates on the other side. It was done, shot down...
...survived by three daughters—Abigail of Montclair, N.J., Nina of Lemont, Pa. and Elizabeth of Portland, Ore.—several siblings in Israel, two grandchildren and ex-wife Anita Safran...
...made you feel.") to the painfully platitudinal ("Get a good education." "Treat others with respect"). Some bequeathers share the contents while they are alive in the hopes of stirring a dialogue with their loved ones. Others, like Joella Werlin, 65, a former TV producer from Portland, Ore., have chosen to lock theirs away with their legal wills, wanting them revealed only upon death. "I'm not trying to tell anyone what they have to do. My grown children already know they have to write thank-you notes. I wanted to write a letter to my grandchildren telling them what...
Retirees Roger Robinson, 62, and Greer North, 61, began living in the Palms part time in 2001 but a year later sold their home in Beaverton, Ore., making their relocation official. The couple, who have been together for 40 years, bought their three-bedroom, two-bath home at the Palms for $156,000. "If you said I'd end up in Florida, I'd say you were nuts," remarks North, a former manager for a technology manufacturer. "But the people here are real treasures...