WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2002 — The only way one can be absolutely sure "a dictator like Saddam Hussein has a nuclear weapon is if he uses it," U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday. "And that's a little late."
   Appearing on CBS TV's Face the Nation, Rumsfeld pointed out that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has repeatedly broken promises Iraq made at the end of the Gulf War to disarm and to discontinue its weapons of mass destruction programs.
   The secretary said Iraq is on the list of the world's terrorist states, and under Saddam, Iraq continues to possess chemical and biological weapons and seeks to acquire nuclear arms, as well. Therefore, Rumseld said, Iraq represents a clear and present danger to America — and to the world.
   Show host Bob Schieffer asked Rumsfeld if the United States was close to going to war against Iraq. The secretary said President Bush has decided that a regime change in Iraq is necessary, but hasn't yet decided how it would be accomplished. America's leader is slated to go before the United Nations to "make what he believes to be is a recommendation to the international community and to the world" about what to do about Saddam and Iraq, Rumsfeld said.
   Iraq, he said, has invaded its neighbors, persists in violating U.N. resolutions it had agreed to, and continues to amass weapons of mass destruction, creating a significant problem for the international community.
   The world can approach the problem of Saddam in a number of ways, Rumsfeld remarked. However, he emphasized that he agrees with the president that doing nothing is not an option. Story