War planning began early in Bush's term

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill contends the United States began laying the groundwork for an invasion of Iraq just days after President Bush took office in January 2001 -- more than two years before the start of the U.S.-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein.

"From the very beginning, there was a conviction that Saddam Hussein was a bad person and that he needed to go," O'Neill told CBS' 60 Minutes in an interview to be aired tonight.

I guess I'm going to be watching 60 Minutes tonight. Click here.

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