"Falsehoods" radio episode

Title

"Falsehoods" radio episode

Description

An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin commenting on President Bush's admission to being wrong about his accusation that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction prior to the Iraq War. AuCoin stated that Bush's failures were "in the way that his top officials manipulated or ignored US intelligence to win support for the war." AuCoin states that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld lied to Congress about intel of Iraq having chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired in 2003 or 2004.

Identifier

PUA_MS147_JPR_148

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date Created

2003

Date

2003/2004

Spatial Coverage

United States

Iraq

Is Part Of

Jefferson Public Radio

Subject

AuCoin, Les

Oregon--Politics and government

Public broadcasting--Oregon

Extent

1 audio file (3 min., 39 sec.)

Format

MP3

Source

Pacific University Archives

Rights

This recording is provided here for research purposes with the permission of Les AuCoin and Jefferson Public Radio. All rights reserved.

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