LEVIN STATEMENT FROM OIL-FOR-FOOD HEARING TODAY

From: Capitol Hill Press Releases | Date: May 17, 2005 | Copyright information

Capitol Hill Press Releases
05-17-2005
For Immediate Release Levin statement from Oil-for-Food hearing today May
17, 2005 This is the Subcommittee's third hearing examining issues related
to the U.N. Oil for Food program and sanctions on Iraq. Because this hearing
will focus on the problems associated with the program, it is easy to forget
that U.N. sanctions on Iraq achieved their primary objective of preventing
Iraq from rearming. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell characterized
the sanctions as "successful," because Saddam Hussein was not able to "rebuild
his army .... [and] has fewer tanks ...

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