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Treasury Probes 'Secret' O'Neill Document

By Don Gonyea

Published January 12, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

The White House denies accusations by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill that the decision to oust Saddam Hussein was made during the earliest days of the Bush presidency. The Treasury Department investigates whether O'Neill showed a classified document during a TV show in which he aired his allegations against the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

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