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Urging AID Boss Be Fired; House Staff Report Alleges `Private Gain'

The Washington Post | October 2, 1992 | Copyright

A House committee chairman yesterday urged President Bush to fire Ronald W. Roskens, director of the Agency for International Development, saying Roskens "abused his public office for private gain."

Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), chairman of the Government Operations Committee, which oversees the beleaguered agency, said an investigation conducted by the committee staff found that Roskens billed the government for "travel to visit . . . family and friends and to take vacations."

Conyers, in a statement inserted yesterday in the Congressional Record, said Roskens also…

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