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..."Rebuilding RAND researchers submitted an unclassified version of the report along with a secret one, hoping that its publication would contribute to the public debate on how to prepare for future conflicts. But the study's wide-ranging critique of the White House, the Defence Department and other government agencies was a concern for Army generals. The army had sought to keep the report under lock and key.
The New York Times said a review of the lengthy report - a draft of which it was obtained - showed that it identified problems with just about every organisation which had a role in planning the war. That assessment parallelled the verdicts of many US former officials and independent analysts. The study chided President Bush - and by implication Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who served as national security adviser when the war was planned -...
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