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WMD Inquiry

Asked if the Prime Minister believed that Lord Butler had done a satisfactory job investigating Jonathan Aitken when he was Cabinet Secretary given that he was now in charge of the Inquiry into the Iraq war, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Prime Minister believed that Lord Butler was a distinguished former Cabinet Secretary who during his time within Government would have developed a good knowledge of how intelligence was gathered, assessed and used - all issues which were germane to this Inquiry. Asked if the Prime Minister had any specific thoughts about Lord Butler's investigation of Jonathan Aitken, the PMOS said that journalists were more than able to give a commentary of events during previous administrations if they so wished.

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