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Administration officials continue to maintain that oil is not a factor in their war deliberations. in this infinity cbs radio interview broadcast on c-span, defense secretary donald rumsfeld is pressed on that issue. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to people who think this is about oil? >> nonsense. it just isnt. theres certain things like that myths that are floating around and im glad you asked. it has nothing to do with oil. literally nothing to do with oil. >> behind the scenes though, pla...

>> prior to our even going to war in iraq, the focus was on oil. and iraqi oil. and how to take it over far more than anything else. >> in public, bush administration officials continue to maintain that oil is not a factor in their war deliberations. in this infinity cbs radio interview broadcast on c-span, defense secretary donald rumsfeld is pressed on that issue. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to people who think this is about oil? >> nonsense. it just isnt. theres certain things like that...

Continue to maintain that oil is not a factor in their war deliberations. in this infinity cbs radio interview broadcast on c-span, defense secretary donald rumsfeld is pressed on that issue. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to people who think this is about oil? >> nonsense. it just isnt. there are certain things like that, myths that are floating around. im glad you asked. it has nothing to do with oil. literally nothing to do with oil. >> behind the scenes, though, planning for iraqs oil goe...

>> in public, bush administration officials continue to maintain that oil is not a factor in their war deliberations. in this infinity cbs radio interview broadcast on c-span, defense secretary donald rumsfeld is pressed on that issue. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to people who think this is about oil? >> nonsense. it just isnt. there are certain things like that, myths that are floating around. im glad you asked. it has nothing to do with oil. literally nothing to do with oil. >> behind th...

>> in public, bush administration officials continue to maintain that oil is not a factor in their war deliberations. in this infinity cbs radio interview broadcast on c-span, defense secretary donald rumsfeld is pressed on that issue. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to people who think this is about oil? >> nonsense. it just isnt. there are certain things like that, myths that are floating around. im glad you asked. it has nothing to do with oil. literally nothing to do with oil. >> behind th...

Presses its case to the american people that iraq must be confronted before saddam husseins true intentions are revealed in a nuclear mushroom cloud. >> the last thing we should want is a smoking gun. a gun doesnt smoke until its been fired. >> privately, though, internal deliberations are also about exploiting iraqs oil. the pentagon is debating, "whether to use control of iraqi oil to advance important u.s. foreign policy objectives affected by energy issues." while the national debate is over...

Take it over far more than anything else. >> in public, bush administration officials continue to maintain that oil is not a factor in their war deliberations. in this infinity cbs radio interview broadcast on c-span, defense secretary donald rumsfeld is pressed on that issue. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to people who think this is about oil? >> nonsense. it just isnt. there are certain things like that, myths that are floating around. im glad you asked. it has nothing to do with oil. lite...