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Senate Democrats asked President George W. Bush on Friday to order a new U.S. intelligence report on Iran to avoid the errors that plagued prewar assessments on Iraq. Five Democrats, headed by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, wrote to Bush requesting a new National Intelligence Estimate, or NIE, while the United States is involved in an international diplomatic effort to get Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. The Democrats want an NIE, the intelligence community’s most authoritative written judgment, to address several points including Iran’s nuclear program and its military and defense capabilities. Full Story