Original sentence: -led inspections concluded that Iraq had earlier abandoned its WMD programs, though not its intention to pursue those programs if UN sanctions were ever lifted.By March 2003, Hans Blix had not found any stockpiles of WMD and had made significant progress toward resolving open issues of disarmament, noting that Iraq’s cooperation had been "active" and "proactive," though not always "immediate" as called for by UN Security Council Resolution 1441.Congress  President Bush asserted peaceful measures couldn't disarm Iraq of the weapons he alleged it to have and launched a second Gulf War, despite multiple dissenting opinions and questions of integrity about the underlying intelligence.He concluded that it would take “not years, not weeks, but months” to resolve the key remaining disarmament tasks.The United States asserted this was a breach of Resolution 1441 but failed to convince the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution authorizing the use of force due to an interpreted lack of evidence
Edited sentence: -led inspections agreed that Iraq had earlier abandoned its WMD programs, but asserted Iraq had an intention to pursue those programs if UN sanctions were ever lifted.By March 2003, Hans Blix had found no stockpiles of WMD and had made significant progress toward resolving open issues of disarmament noting "proactive" but not always the "immediate" Iraqi cooperation as called for by UN Security Council Resolution 1441.Congress, President Bush asserted peaceful measures couldn't disarm Iraq of the weapons he alleged it to have and launched a second Gulf War, despite multiple dissenting opinions and questions of integrity about the underlying intelligence.He concluded that it would take “but months” to resolve the key remaining disarmament tasks.The United States asserted this was a breach of Resolution 1441 but failed to convince the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution authorizing the use of force due to lack of evidence