Bush lied to Congress to get approval for the iraq invasion but they
don't care abou that.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9980814/
Congress to state whether Palmeiro lied
Orioles star sticks to story that he didn't intentionally take
steroids
Updated: 11:05 p.m. ET Nov. 9, 2005
WASHINGTON - Rafael Palmeiro took responsibility Wednesday for his
failed steroid test but offered a possible excuse hinging on a tainted
vitamin shot, giving his first public explanation on the eve of a
congressional report into whether he lied under oath.
In a statement released by his lawyers, the former Baltimore Orioles
slugger acknowledged several facts that already had been reported,
including that Palmeiro had raised the possibility that a shot of
vitamin B-12 he was given by a teammate and took in April “might have
been the cause” of the positive drug test that led to his 10-day
suspension by Major League Baseball.
“Everything I have been working for all my life — to play the game
that I love with dignity and earn the respect and admiration of my
colleagues and fans — has been changed by my suspension. For this, I
alone take full responsibility,” Palmeiro said in the statement. “I
have never intentionally taken steroids. But I must also acknowledge
that stanozolol, a banned substance, was found in my system in May.”
When he testified before the House Government Reform Committee on
March 17, alongside Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco and others, Palmeiro
jabbed a finger in the air and said: “I have never used steroids.
Period.” On Aug. 1, Palmeiro became the highest-profile player
suspended by Major League Baseball under its new steroids policy.
Two days later, Government Reform Committee chairman Tom Davis, R-Va.,
said the panel would open an investigation into whether Palmeiro
committed perjury. A report on that investigation will be released
Thursday, and staffers for Davis and the committee’s ranking Democrat,
Henry Waxman of California, wouldn’t comment on the report’s contents
or Palmeiro’s statement.
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