Posted AT 7:16 PM EDT on 02/05/05
Pettigrew defends Maurice Strong
Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew Monday vigorously defended Canadian special UN envoy Maurice Strong, who has stepped aside while being questioned in the oil-for-food investigation.
Mr. Strong, a Canadian businessman, has not himself been implicated in the oil-for-food scandal, the investigation of alleged fraud in the $64-billion (U.S.) program under which Iraq's oil was sold to pay for food and other necessities while that country was under UN sanctions.
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