95th in continuing blog series on the administration push to war. Moving into July of 2003, things really begin heating up re Joseph Wilson’s trip to Niger. Wilson himself publishes an op-ed column in the New York Times, “What I Didn’t Find in Africa,” and backs up his column with personal interviews.
July 1-6, 2003:

 

 
July 1, 2003 – Bush discusses Afghanistan and Iraq in a speech at the East Room of the White House:

 

“The war on terror also continues in Iraq, where coalition forces are engaging remanent of the ...   more »