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By Rumsfeld's Standards, Mission Accomplished

Linda Chavez, whose Cabinet nomination foundered over her ties to an illegal immigrant, appears with President Bush at a meeting on immigration reform.
Linda Chavez, whose Cabinet nomination foundered over her ties to an illegal immigrant, appears with President Bush at a meeting on immigration reform. (Pool Photo By Getty Images)
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· ". . . and secure Iraq's borders so we can prevent the flow of weapons of mass destruction materials and senior regime officials out of the country." Check -- no outward flow.

· "We need to locate Iraqi scientists with knowledge of these programs." Check.

· "We must also capture or kill the terrorists still operating in Iraq and prevent them from gaining access to weapons of mass destruction." Check -- at least for those there in '03 and none are getting access to that WMD.

· "We must locate Baath Party members, records and weapons caches," records of elite intelligence and military units and regime millions outside the country. Check.

· "And we must begin the process of working with free Iraqis . . . and those returning home from exile, to establish an Iraqi interim authority and help to pave the way for a new Iraqi government." Check -- done that several times now.

Chavez on the Lookout for Immigrants

President Bush also pushed last week for his guest worker proposal to allow millions of illegal immigrants to continue working in this country.

There was a fine photo of Bush meeting Thursday with friendly groups about the issue. And there, sitting at Bush's right hand, was none other than Linda Chavez , who heads something called the Center for Equal Opportunity.


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