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WASHINGTON/ENTEBBE, Uganda (Reuters) - CIA Director George Tenet has taken responsibility for a false claim by President George W. Bush over Iraq's nuclear ambitions which raised embarrassing questions about the way he made the case for war against Saddam Hussein.

"I am responsible for the approval process in my agency," Tenet said in a statement marking the latest twist in the controversy over an alleged Iraq-Niger uranium deal that has embroiled both the U.S. and British governments.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's number two national security aide took the blame on Tuesday for a controversy over charges Iraq tried to buy African uranium, providing the latest version of how the false accusation came to be in Bush's State of the Union speech.

Stephen Hadley, deputy national security adviser, said he should have deleted the reference from the January speech because the CIA had asked him to remove similar language from an October speech by the president.

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WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) on Wednesday accepted personal responsibility for a controversial portion of last winter's State of the Union address dealing with claims that Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was seeking nuclear material in Africa.
"I take personal responsibility for everything I say, absolutely," the president said at a White House news conference where he sought to quell a controversy that has dogged his administration for weeks.