Voices in the News

Published January 19, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including President George W. Bush; Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD); Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT); White House spokesman Ari Fleischer; Lt. Gen. Hossam Mohammed Amin, the chief Iraqi liaison officer to the U.N. weapons inspection teams; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and President Bush. (2:20)

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