From the press gaggle today:

Q Scott, the inspectors are saying that the seals were intact five days before the invasion. Are you saying that they regime removed the weapons in those five days?

MR. McCLELLAN: That’s another thing you might want to talk to the military about the specific time line, because my understanding is that the site was inspected in January, and they looked to see if the weapons were there. Then later, in March, they saw that the seals were still there, but that doesn’t mean that they did a full inspection of the site. And then there was a period between March and April when the invasion was going on and troops were moving toward Baghdad to remove the regime. So there’s a whole period in there when — very real possibility that the regime could have removed those weapons. We don’t know the facts — the military does not know what happened to those weapons, neither does Senator Kerry. And it is Senator Kerry who, time and time again, has shown that he will say anything for political gain. And this is all part of a pattern by Senator Kerry.

But, isn’t it the President’s job to know the facts? Especially the important ones?

I think the military doesn’t — the material — the military doesn’t know — well, because all during that time period there was the time — that was the time period when they could have. And that’s why I said, the military doesn’t know what happened to those explosives, neither does Senator Kerry. Yet Senator — the issue here, now, is that it just goes to show the pattern by Senator Kerry that he will say anything, even when he doesn’t know the truth, for his own political advantage.

Isn’t the “real issue” the 380 tons of high explosive that’s being used to kill our soldiers?

By the way, the gaggle is worth reading today aside from the fun of watching Bush’s faltering campaign in a tailspin- Here’s one of the reporters:

Q When you say that 400,000 musicians [sic] have been seized or destroyed, what, specifically, are you referring to?

That’s a lot of musicians. Best part about this is he/she repeatedly asks about the status of the musicians. I’d crack a joke here, but I’m a little depressed by this.

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