Able Quote by Mohamed ElBaradei

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile…

— John Bolton

If the Iraqi regime is able to produce, buy or steal an amount of highly enriched uranium a little larger than a single softball,…

— George W. Bush

[Should] Iraq acquire fissile material, it would be able to build a nuclear weapon within a year.

— George W. Bush

We do know, with absolute certainty, that [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium…

— Dick Cheney

Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of…

— Madeleine Albright

I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured…

— Scott Ritter

We now have irrefutable evidence that [Saddam] has once again set up and reconstituted his program to take uranium, to enrich it to sufficiently…

— Dick Cheney

There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five…

— Jay Rockefeller

I fear Iran continuing to be able to pursue uranium enrichment and to maintain several thousand centrifuges.

— Lee Zeldin

If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to…

— George McGovern

Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to…

— John Sununu

There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified,…

— Tommy Franks