Alexander Downer (Mayo, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for Mackellar for asking me a question about this issue. I appreciate her interest in asking me a question. Let me begin answering these claims by making a simple point: if Saddam Hussein’s regime had remained in power, the oil for food program would have continued and the corruption of the oil for food program would have remained undiscovered.

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