In so doing, the joint V-22 program was stripped of its multi-service sponsors and their demanding requirements which only the Osprey could satisfy.

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"These minutes shed interesting light on the process by which the caveats in the Joint Intelligence Committee's original assessment of Iraq's WMD programme were stripped out of the dossier presented to Parliament and the British public, " said shadow foreign secretary William Hague.

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