"Nowhere is the danger to our country and to our founding ideals more evident than in the decision to go to war in Iraq. Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has now revealed what many of have long suspected. Despite protestations to the contrary, the President and his senior aides began the march to war in Iraq in the earliest days of the Administration, long before the terrorists struck this nation on 9/11." Download(PDF file)of the full text of a speech by Edward Kennedy, Member, United States Senate (D-MA)at the Center for American progress on Wednesday, January 14, 2004.