From The Chicago Tribune, 7/12/03:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed

Bush asserted in his State of the Union address in January that Iraq
had sought nuclear materials from Africa.

Nearly six months later, the White House acknowledged the charge was
false, and the tempest that followed has shadowed Bush on his
five-country trip through Africa.

Bush considers the matter closed, said White House spokesman Ari
Fleischer.

"The president has moved on," he said.

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But nobody else has.

Harry