Rudy can, and does fail

Darren McCollester/Getty Buried in Saturday’s New York Times profile of Rudy Giuliani, Republican candidate for president and former mayor of New York City, was this embarrassing goof: At a house party in New Hampshire, Mr. Giuliani suggested that it was unclear which was farther along, Iran or North Korea, in the development of a nuclear ...

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Buried in Saturday’s New York Times profile of Rudy Giuliani, Republican candidate for president and former mayor of New York City, was this embarrassing goof:

At a house party in New Hampshire, Mr. Giuliani suggested that it was unclear which was farther along, Iran or North Korea, in the development of a nuclear weapons program.

For the record, North Korea tested a nuclear device on October 9, 2006, while the Iranians have yet to do so. The U.S. intelligence community believes Iran could have a nuclear weapon as early as 2010, but most likely in the time frame of 2012-2015. 

I think it’s time for Rudy to get new briefers. Alternatively, he could just read the newspaper every once in a while—lots of important information in there.

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