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Bush Lauds Libya's Disavowal of WMD Program

By Madeleine Brand, Ron Elving

Published July 11, 2004 at 9:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 21 years ago.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to NPR senior political editor Ron Elving about President Bush's speech at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Libya has shipped components of its nuclear weapons program there as part of that nation's pledge to end its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.

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Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).

Ron Elving

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.

Bush Lauds Libya's Disavowal of WMD Program

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