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Article: Ward vows to stay; USOC prepares for possible federal probe.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2003
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Byline: Philip Hersh
The turmoil-wracked U.S. Olympic Committee braced for the possibility of a federal investigation Monday as its embattled CEO vowed to stay on the job.
In a letter obtained by the Chicago Tribune, USOC general counsel Jeffrey G. Benz urged top officials to save any documents that might be requested in a potential probe into matters that could involve chief executive Lloyd Ward.
Benz wrote: "You should make every effort to preserve all records in your possession, both written as well as computer-generated, relating in any way to the 2003 Pan American Games and/or to the USOC review of allegations related to Lloyd Ward in ...