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Iraq's refusal to cooperate with the UN weapons inspectors resulted in US and British attacks on weapons installations in Iraq in December 1998. The Security Council has made no decision on how to proceed in the face of Iraq's defiance. It has set up a panel chaired by council member Ambassador Celso Amorim of Brazil to review the situation and make recommendations by April 15 on how to proceed. The question and answer session with the Council on Foreign Relations was Butler's first public comments on the issue since the spying allegations appeared a few weeks ago. We have led the world in the practical, hands-on techniques for getting this job done and it has had brilliant results.