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Powell Presents the Evidence

Secretary of State Colin Powell presented stinging evidence to the UN Security Council today that Iraq conspired to conceal banned weapons from U.N. weapons inspectors. Will he win over skeptical countries to the U.S. position that force may be required - and imminently?

Guests:

Vincent Cannistraro, former CIA counter-terrorism chief

Glen Rangwala, lecturer in Middle East politics at Cambridge University, UK

Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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