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Also good detail on a second uranium snipe hunt to Niger, in addition to Ambassador Wilson's.
A four-star general, who was asked to go to Niger last year to inquire about the security of Niger's uranium, told The Washington Post yesterday that he came away convinced the country's stocks were secure. The findings of Marine Gen. Carlton W. Fulford Jr. were passed up to Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Marines are weighing in... I'll go make some more popcorn! (Thanks to alert reader Sophie P.)