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Hil says Bush too eager to fight Iraq

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton told a college audience last night that she was worried the Bush administration was too eager to wage war against Iraq.

"To talk all the time like you're inviting war, anxious to go to war, does a great disservice to the country," she told "Hardball" host Chris Matthews.

Clinton, who voted to give Bush the power to take out Saddam Hussein if he decides to, called the Iraqi leader "a megalomaniac willing to use weapons of mass destruction."

But she questioned attempts to link Saddam to Osama Bin Laden's terrorist gang and suggested that "a lot of people" in the White House "have some old scores to settle."

Clinton appeared relaxed in her interview on the State University campus in Albany, deftly handling Matthews' rapid-fire questions and gracefully dealing with anti-war protesters who interrupted the show.

"I think it's great ... that we have people on our campuses willing to express themselves," the former First Lady said.

She flatly ruled out a run for President in 2004, but was fuzzy about 2008, saying only, "I have no plans, no intentions."

Later, when Matthews said the husband of the first married female President would be called the First Gentleman, Clinton quickly corrected him.

"First Mate," she said with a smile to cheers and applause from the audience.

Leo Standora



Originally published on November 21, 2002

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