Original sentence: Bolton is alleged by Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman to have played a role in encouraging the inclusion of claims that Iraq attempted to procure yellowcake uranium from Niger in President Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address(pdf).He also pushed for reduced funding for the Nunn-Lugar program to halt the proliferation of nuclear materials.These claims were based on documents known at the time to be dubious and later confirmed to be forged.Waxman's allegations are difficult to confirm as they are based on documents that have not been cleared for public release(pdf)
Edited sentence: Bolton is also said to have pushed to have the fake claim about Saddam's supposed Niger uranium put into the president's 2003 State of the Union Address, and to have pushed for reduced funding for the Nunn-Lugar program to halt the proliferation of nuclear materials