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``Kerry did not have access to the same intelligence,'' former U.N. ambassador Richard Holbrooke, a foreign policy adviser to the Democrat, said on ABC's ``This Week'' program. Mr. Holbrooke said the president had the advantage of `unique intelligence,` which he said was significant since the Congress was not made fully aware that all administration experts did not believe the tubes were intended to produce a nuclear weapon.