Iraq and weapons of mass destruction Miller helped persuade the American public that Iraq had WMD: in September 2002 she wrote about an intercepted shipment of aluminum tubes which the NYT said were to be used to develop nuclear material. It is now generally understood that they were not intended (or well suited) for that purpose but rather for artillery rockets. The story was followed up with television appearances by Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice all pointing to the story as part of the basis for taking military action against Iraq. Miller's sources were introduced to her by Ahmed Chalabi, an Iraqi exile favorable
Ray Powell (New Mexico politician) votes out of nearly 500,000 cast. Between his terms as Land Commissioner, Powell served as a member of the Department of Agriculture's Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases. Ray Powell (New Mexico politician) Ray Bennett Powell is an American Democratic politician and veterinarian from the state of New Mexico. He served as New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands from 1993 until 2003, and again from 2011 until 2015. Powell was born in Albuquerque. He graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1977, receiving a bachelor's degree in anthropology and biology. In 1980, Powell received a master's degree from