INDEX of UNEDITED SOURCE TRANSCRIPTS FOR THE FILM

Over sixty news media clips were edited for use in the film LEADING TO WAR. Below are links to the full transcript of each media clip in its original, unedited form – the sections used in the film are highlighted in red.

Included in the transcripts are (in order of appearance) President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Vice President Dick Cheney, General Richard Myers, Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Attorney General John Ashcroft, and CIA Director George Tenet, speaking in public appearances and reacting to questions from press and members of Congress.


January 29, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHState of the Union Address

January 30, 2002 - DONALD RUMSFELDPentagon Press Room

February 4, 2002 - DONALD RUMSFELD The NewsHour

March 21, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSH & DICK CHENEYWhite House Oval Office

March 21, 2002 - PAUL WOLFOWITZThe NewsHour

March 24, 2002 - DICK CHENEYMeet The Press / Face The Nation / CNN Late Edition

April 6, 2002 - RICHARD MYERSNovak, Hunt & Shields

May 9, 2002 - PAUL WOLFOWITZAshleigh Banfield: On Location

May 23, 2002 - DONALD RUMSFELDWolf Blitzer Reports

June 1, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHUS Military Academy Graduation, West Point, NY

June 10, 2002 - DONALD RUMSFELDKuwait

July 8, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHWhite House Press Room

August 1, 2002 - ARI FLEISCHERWhite House Press Room

August 20, 2002 - DONALD RUMSFELDPentagon Press Room

August 21, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSH & DONALD RUMSFELDBush Ranch, Crawford, TX

August 26, 2002 - DICK CHENEYVeterans of Foreign Wars Convention, Nashville, TN

September 3, 2002 - ARI FLEISCHER / DONALD RUMSFELDWhite House / Pentagon Press Room

September 7, 2002 - PRIME MINISTER BLAIR & PRESIDENT BUSHCamp David

September 8, 2002 - RICE, RUMSFELD, POWELL, CHENEY, MYERSSunday talkshows

September 11, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSH9/11 Commemoration, New York City

September 12, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHUnited Nations General Assembly

September 19, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHWhite House Oval Office

September 19, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHHomeland Security Building

September 25, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHWhite House Oval Office

September 25, 2002 - CONDOLEEZZA RICEThe NewsHour

September 26, 2002 - DONALD RUMSFELDPentagon Press Room

September 26, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHWhite House Rose Garden

September 30, 2002 - DONALD RUMSFELDPentagon Press Room

October 7, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHCincinnati, OH

October 9, 2002 - COLIN POWELL – Larry King Live

October 16, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHWhite House East Room

October 20, 2002 - COLIN POWELLThis Week

October 24 - November 4, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHCongressional Campaign Rallies

November 7, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSHEisenhower Executive Office Building

December 2, 2002 - DICK CHENEYAir National Guard Leadership Conference, Denver, CO

December 3, 2002 - DONALD RUMSFELDPentagon Press Room

December 31, 2002 - PRESIDENT BUSH Crawford, TX

January 3, 2003 - PRESIDENT BUSHFort Hood, TX

January 7, 2003 - RICHARD MYERSPentagon Press Room

January 19, 2003 - COLIN POWELL / DONALD RUMSFELDFace The Nation / This Week

January 28, 2003 - PRESIDENT BUSHState of the Union Address

February 5, 2003 - COLIN POWELLUnited Nations Security Council

February 6, 2003 - PRESIDENT BUSHThe White House

February 7, 2003 - JOHN ASHCROFTDepartment of Justice Press Room

February 9, 2003 - COLIN POWELLMeet The Press

February 11, 2003 - JOHN WARNER & GEORGE TENETSenate Select Committee

February 20, 2003 - DONALD RUMSFELDThe NewsHour

February 26, 2003 - PRESIDENT BUSH American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner

February 27, 2003 - PAUL WOLFOWITZCongressional Hearing: House Budget Committee

March 5, 2003 - COLIN POWELL Center for Strategic and International Studies

March 6, 2003 - PRESIDENT BUSHWhite House East Room Press Conference

March 16, 2003 - DICK CHENEY / COLIN POWELLMeet The Press / CNN Late Edition

March 16, 2003 - PRESIDENT BUSH & PRIME MINISTER BLAIRThe Azores, Portugal

March 17, 2003 - PRESIDENT BUSHThe White House

March 19, 2003 - PRESIDENT BUSH White House Oval Office

 

 


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