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For example, in this case, there is disagreement within the intelligence community over the purpose of aluminum tubes that Iraq has ordered. Initially, Bush officials argued that the tubes were designed for a process to enrich uranium. Other analysts contended the tubes were for short-range artillery rockets. A consensus has formed around the latter interpretation, but the dispute has not been settled. Bush alluded to the more sinister view in his State of the Union speech, for instance.

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