November 2002-March 2003: US Officials Say UN Weapons Inspectors’ Reports Should Be Used to Show whether Iraq Is Cooperating

Bush administration officials claim that the conclusion that needs to be drawn from reports by the UN weapons inspectors is whether or not Iraq is cooperating. [New York Times, 1/19/2003; International Herald Tribune, 1/20/2003; International Herald Tribune, 1/20/2003]