U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (IN-R)
Senator Richard Lugar (IN-R)U.S. Senate Foreign Relations CommitteeRichard Lugar is Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following is excerpted from his opening statement at the committee’s April 7, 2004, hearings examining the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets today to examine the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program. Although the precise extent of the corruption and mismanagement in this program is not yet known, there is no doubt that billions of dollars that should have been spent on humanitarian needs in Iraq were siphoned off by Saddam Hussein’s regime through a system of surcharges, bribes, and…
