Dr. Cole was correct
Although he was a tad off on the timing. From AP just a few minutes ago (I've been sending out the monkeys all day looking for it):
Chalabi Returns to Court Washington Elite
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 4:10 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Face-to-face meetings with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and probably other senior Bush administration officials await Ahmed Chalabi as the Iraqi deputy prime minister pursues political rehabilitation in Washington.
While some Senate Democrats want to probe the role of the Iraq National Congress, an exile group headed by Chalabi, in drumming up support for the war that deposed Saddam Hussein, he is about to receive high-profile attention from the Bush administration.
Chalabi, who begins his eight-day visit on Tuesday, is due to see Rice on Wednesday and make a speech that day at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank that provides personnel and considerable support to the administration.
He expects to see other senior U.S. officials as well, but he has not yet nailed down a meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney, another goal as Chalabi maneuvers to become Iraq's next prime minister after elections in December.
This Administration has absolutely no shame whatsoever.