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Newt Gingrich Says Report Iran Stopped Nukes Program ‘Political’

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Monday, December 10th, 2007

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Generals Say Iran Still May Be Fomenting Attacks On U.S. Forces In Iraq A prominent former leader in Congress took issue with both the timing and content of a report, the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), that said Iran probably ceased its nuclear weapons development program in 2003. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he thought American officials who released the NIE did so in a "political" move to discredit Bush's initiative to block Iranian missiles from reaching Europe. Gingrich, speaking…

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