Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday January 29 2003 — At Bush Continued from A1 said he would introduce a res-- : olution requiring Bush to pre-su- it “convincing evidence of an imminent threat” before sending troops to fight Iraq “Instead of rushing down the path to war with Iraq the American people deserve a full debate" Kennedy said Top GOP congressional leaders sounded eager to get to work on Bush’s legislative agenda “We’re about to get this ball rolling” said House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois “We’re ready to go” agreed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee Bush offered no new evidence to support his charges against Iraq but said Secretary of State Colin Powell will go to the UN Security Council next Wednesday to present the US case “We will consult but let there be no misunderstanding: If Saddam Hussein does not fully disarm for the safety of our people and for the peace of the world we will lead a coalition to disarm him” the president said Key allies including France and many oppose military action in Iraq and want Bush to give UN inspectors more time Hoping to sway reluctant nations Bush presented a laundry list of Saddam’s alleged offenses some of them newly revealed to the public He said intelligence sources have reported that thousands of Iraqi personnel are at work hiding documents and materials from the UN weapons inspectors Bush said SadSpecifically dam has not accounted for up to 25000 liters of anthrax 38000 liters of hotulinum toxin 500 tons of sarin mustard gas and VX nerve agent and more than 30000 munitions capable of delivering chemical weapons “If this is not evil then evil has no meaning” Bush said The speech was delivered amid intense security as lawmakers Cabinet members military leaden and Supreme Court justices gathered in the House chamber Several hun- dred people massed on the Capitol lawn to protest Bush’s policies ranging from a possible war in Iraq to his approach to health care The president described the nation as still recovering from recession terrorist attacks corporate scandals and stock market declines “Our economy is recovering yet it is not growing fast enough or ' strongly enough” the presi- dent said He proposed spending new money for research to develop hydrogen powered cars and to tutor children of prison inmates He also called for a new $600 million drug treatment program in which feder-- : al moiiey could go to religious community service programs In a nod to his conservative backers Bush called on Congress to ban a procedure critics call “partial-birth- ” abortions and human cloning While Osama bin Laden and other key terrorists still elude capture the president said the United States has caught many key commanders of and suggested others had been killed — “met a different fate” in his words - ' da Citing intelligence sources secret communications “and statements by people now in custody” Bush renewed his' assertion that Saddam aids and protects terrorists including members of “Secretly without finger- prints he could provide one of his hidden weapons to terrorists or help diem develop their own" Bush said ' Bush said Saddam has shown “his utter contempt” for the United Nations and must be brought to account unless he disarms: “The tor of Iraq is not disarming To the contrary he is deceiving” die president said “If war is forced upon us we will fight in a just cause and by just means sparing in every way we can the innocent And if war is forced upon us we will fight with the full force and might of the ' United States military and we will prevail” he said Among his charges: The British government has learned that Saddam recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa Iraqi officials are hiding documents and materials and intelligence officers are posing as scientists that inspectors are supposed to interview Three Iraqi defectors say da Iraq had several mobile ' weapons labs in the 1990s that are now not ' accounted for “Year after year Saddam Hussein has gone to elaborate lengths sprat enormous sums taken great risks to build and keep weapons of mass destruction — but why? The raly possible use he could have for those weapons is to dominate intimidate or attack’’ Bush said warning that Saddam could “resume his ambitions of conquest in the Middle East” Next week Powell will ' allege that not only was Iraq hiding chemical and biological weapons from UN inspectors but smuggling in technology for missile and nuclear weapons programs a senior US official said “The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm” Bush said “America will not accept a serious and mounting threat to our country our friends and our'allies” Bush did not repeat his assertion that Iraq Iran and North Korea are an “axis of evil” a phrase he coined in last year’s address But he chitted Iran for repressing its people and said North Korea has deceived the world about its nuclear ambitions bio-logi- long-ran- cal ge NKorea says US an attack SEOUL South Korea (AP) — Warning of an increasing threat of war North Korea Accused Washington on Tuesday of planning a major attack on the communist country even as the Pyongyang regime hosted a South Korean envoy seeking to calm nuclear tensions North Korea’s state-ru- n KCNA news agency said the US State Department was making “a final examination” of an attack plan that Ameri- can forces with the help of South Korean troops could carry out within hours of receiving orders Issuing invective against Washington white courting the South Koreans is a common tactic for the North which has repeatedly tried to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington its main ally The North has also cast the nuclear dispute as a confrontation between the United States and all Koreans “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is deteriorating so rapidly that an armed clash may break out quite contrary to the desire of the DPRK for the peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue1’ tiie report said using the acronym for tije North’s official name the ' Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The North said it was pre-- 1 pared to answer the threat of an attack with “the unlimited use of means” The U S has 37000 troops in South Korea The current dispute began in October when US officials 'said North Korea had admitted having a nuclear weapons program based on uranium enrichment in violation of a 1994 agreement With the United States Washington suspended oil shipments to North Korea Which then ousted UN nuclear inspectors and pulled out of a global nuclear arms control treaty North Korea has frequently accused the United States of planning an attack but Tuesday's report was more forcefully worded and more extensive than most recent statements Washington has said repeatedly that it has no intention of attacking North Korea and wants a diplomatic solution Jobs Continued from A2 years ago when the economy was expanding Misty Morrison whose research convinced her that majoring in management information systems would make a job in the technology sector easy to get is among the Central Connecticut seniors yet to find work in their fields If she doesn't land a job in an information technology department soon Morrison is resigned to returning to the school secretarial post-hig- h before attending she held job Central Connecticut “I wanted to better myself and ndw I feel like I’m stuck in the same position" she said Morrison has the sympathy of Camille Luckcnbaugh a spokeswoman for the colleges and employers association HURRY IN QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED! 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