Rn i only have 10 ! president george w. bush made the statement below on january 28, 2003, in his state of the union address: "the british government has learned that saddam hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from africa." source: what made this statement significant for many americans? it implied that african nations could develop nuclear weapons. it implied that iraq was developing nuclear weapons. it implied that the british government was allied with saddam hussein. it implied that saddam hussein was wealthier than many people believed.