But on the eve of Bush's Jan. 28 State of the Union address, Robert Joseph, an assistant to the president in charge of nonproliferation at the National Security Council (NSC), initially asked the CIA if the allegation that Iraq sought to purchase 500 pounds of uranium from Niger could be included in the presidential speech.
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This is where it's going to get interesting.

He's apparently the one who's been pushing to include the Niger claims.....and according to some sources, he's NOT under Tenet.