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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 - The former secretary of state, __, says in a television interview to be broadcast Friday that his 2003 speech to the United Nations, in Which he gave a detailed descrigtion of iraqi weapons programs that tumed out not to exist, was "painful" for him personally and would be a permanent "blot" on his record. "I'm the one who presented it on behalf of the United States to the world," of my record." told Barbara Walters of ABC News, adding that the presentation "will always be a part Asked by Ms. Walters how painful this was for him, ___ replied: "It was painful. It's painful now." Asked further how he felt upon learning that he had been misled about the accuracy of intelligence on which he relied, ___ said, "Terrible." He added that it was "devastating" to learn later that some intelligence agents knew the information he had was unreliable but did not speak up. - Weisman, Steven R. 9/9/2005 New York Times. Whose name goes into the blanks?

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