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WASHINGTON _ Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that the Bush administration wants the return of weapons inspectors to Iraq to be the "first step" toward solving the crisis over the military threat posed by Saddam Hussein.
Powell's comments to the British Broadcasting Corp. appear to contradict statements by Vice President Dick Cheney, who last week rejected the possibility of restarting U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq and called instead for a U.S. military strike against Baghdad.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan Sunday downplayed Powell's apparent contradiction of Cheney. As President Bush prepared to return to Washington after a vacation in Texas, McClellan said Powell's comments echoed the administration's call for "unfettered" inspections of Iraq's weapons ...