Source: Washington Post

UK's Iraq inquiry turns focus to Bush officials

By DAVID STRINGER
The Associated Press
Monday, February 8, 2010; 4:18 PM

LONDON -- Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said Monday.

John Chilcot, head of the inquiry, confirmed that he hopes to obtain evidence from officials in the United States, but did not name specific individuals, or specify if his panel hopes to put questions to former President George W. Bush himself.

"We cannot take formal evidence as such from foreign nationals, but we can of course have discussions with them," Chilcot said, bringing to a close the inquiry's first set of public evidence sessions

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...