Ari Fleischer

Events (132)

• September 20, 2002: White House Discloses Plans for Iraq Invasion 2002-09-20
• September 21, 2002: Bush’s Military Options on Attacking Iraq Leaked to New York Times 2002-09-21
• September 25, 2002: Bush Says Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein Are Indistinguishable 2002-09-25
• September 26, 2002: Democrats, GOP Trade Charges over Politicization, Smears Surrounding Iraq War Debate 2002-09-26
• September 26, 2002: White House Acknowledges Iraq Not Involved in 9/11 Attacks 2002-09-26
• October 9, 2002: Fleischer Says Oil Not a Factor in Drive to War 2002-10-09
• October 10, 2002: Bush Officials, Journalists Invited to Visit Purported Iraqi WMD Site; White House Refuses 2002-10-10
• October 11, 2002: Fleischer Disputes Notion that US Will Become an ‘Occupation’ Force in Iraq 2002-10-11
• October 18, 2002: White House Spokesman Indicates Pakistan Will Not Be Punished for Helping North Korea Acquire WMDs 2002-10-18
• October 21, 2002: US Presses UN to Accept Revised Resolution 2002-10-21
• October 30, 2002: Fleischer Denies US Interest in Iraqi Oil 2002-10-30
• November 8, 2002: UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 1441; Does Not Authorize Force Against Iraq 2002-11-08
• November 26, 2002: Secret List of Saudi Terror Financiers Is Revealed 2002-11-26
• December 2, 2002: Ari Fleischer Insists Iraq Intended to Use Imported Aluminum Tubes for Nuclear Program, and Iraq has WMD 2002-12-02
• December 4, 2002: White House Wants More Aggressive Inspections 2002-12-04
• December 5, 2002: Software Company with Access to Government Secrets Raided 2002-12-05
• December 5, 2002: Fleischer: Everyone Says Iraq Has WMD 2002-12-05
• December 16, 2002: Pentagon Considering Propaganda Campaign Against Anti-Americanism 2002-12-16
• January 9, 2003: White House Says WMDs Are in Iraq 2003-01-09
• January 9, 2003: White House Undaunted by UN Claim There Is No Evidence of WMD in Iraq 2003-01-09
• January 16, 2003: Inspectors Find Empty Warheads 2003-01-16
• January 21, 2003: White House Refuses to Admit US Involvement in Iraq’s Acquisition, Use of Chemical Weapons 2003-01-21
• February 18, 2003: White House Spokesman Says Iraq Can Significantly Contribute to Own Reconstruction 2003-02-18
• February 27, 2003: Iraq Destroys its Al Samoud Missiles; US Describes Iraq’s Actions as ‘Deception’ 2003-02-27
• March 2, 2003: British Newspaper Reveals US Has Been Spying on Diplomats at United Nations 2003-03-02
• March 6, 2003: ’Scripted’ Press Conference Gives Bush Opportunity to Air Talking Points on Iraq War 2003-03-06
• March 7, 2003: UNMOVIC and IAEA Reports on Iraq Weapons Inspections Undermine Bush Administration’s Claims 2003-03-07
• March 21, 2003: Press Secretary Fleischer Insists Bush Administration Has Evidence of Iraqi WMDs 2003-03-21
• April 2, 2003: Questions Begin to Arise over Post-Invasion Planning in Media 2003-04-02
• April 10, 2003: White House: WMD Will Be Found Because ‘That Is What This War Is About’ 2003-04-10
• April 10, 2003: Press Secretary Fleischer: War Is about Iraq’s Alleged Arsenal of WMDs 2003-04-10
• June 9, 2003: White House: WMD Claim ‘Still Stands,’ but Iraq War Justified because Iraqi People Now Free of ‘Tyranny’ 2003-06-09
• July 6-7, 2003: White House Press Secretary Admits Nigerien Uranium Claims ‘Incorrect’ 2003-07-06
• 12:00 p.m. July 7, 2003: Libby Tells Press Secretary of Plame Wilson’s CIA Status 2003-07-07
• 9:22 a.m. July 7, 2003: Cheney Communications Director Sends Talking Points Concerning Wilson to White House Press Spokesman 2003-07-07
• July 7, 2003: White House Press Secretary Speaks with Conservative Columnist Novak 2003-07-07
• July 7-8, 2003: Cheney Revises Talking Points to Indicate Plame Wilson Sent Husband to Niger; Increases Chance that Reporters Will Learn Her Covert CIA Status 2003-07-07
• July 8, 2003 and After: White House Attacks Credibility of Wilson Report 2003-07-08
• 8:00 a.m. July 11, 2003: Press Secretary Tells Two Reporters of Plame Wilson’s CIA Identity 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003: White House Press Secretary Learns of Plame Wilson’s Identity from Colleague 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003: White House Media Officials Urge Reporters to Look into Origins of Wilson Niger Trip 2003-07-11
• 3:09 p.m. July 11, 2003: CIA Officially Retracts Uranium-from-Africa Claim 2003-07-11
• July 12, 2003: Cheney, Two Aides Discuss Rebutting, Discrediting Wilson 2003-07-12
• 3:20 a.m. July 12, 2003: Fleischer Implies that Wilson Report Provides Evidence of Iraq-Niger Uranium Purchase 2003-07-12
• 1:26 p.m. July 12, 2003: White House Press Secretary Reveals Plame Wilson’s CIA Identity to Post Reporter 2003-07-12
• July 14, 2003: White House Press Secretary: No One Can Say Whether Iraq May Have Sought Uranium in Africa 2003-07-14
• Before July 14, 2003: Two White House Officials Leak Plame Wilson’s CIA Status to Six Journalists 2003-07-14
• July 17, 2003: Time Reports Administration Attempts to Smear Former Ambassador 2003-07-17
• August 4, 2003: Wall Street Journal: Bush Never Used Phrase ‘Imminent Threat’ 2003-08-04
• September 28, 2003: White House Press Secretary Retains Lawyer for Plame Wilson Leak Investigation 2003-09-28