GPUS: Cheney-Rumsfeld pursuing "world dominance"

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> *** The Bush Administration refuses to admit responsibility by its own
> officials and by past U.S. administrations in aiding Saddam.  Defense
> Secretary Donald Rumsfeld served as special envoy promising secret
> military assistance to Saddam in the Iran-Iraq War under Reagan, even
> though it was known that Saddam was using chemical weapons to wipe out
> entire populations.  The Halliburton Company, under Cheney's reign as
> CEO, did $23.8 million worth of business with Iraq between 1998 and 2000,
> in violation of U.S. law.
>

Can anyone remind us of the time when Congress tried to cut off Saddam's
funding and James Baker personally went in to make sure funding was
continued?  I think it had something to do with the Agriculture Dept, which
was the funding channel at the time?  I can't help but picture Baker
repeating this performance in his mad-dog assault during the Florida
election fiasco.