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Article: U.S. Opposes Annan Leaving U.N. Position; Administration Shows Support, Despite Lawmakers' Calls for Leader to Resign
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- The Washington Post
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- December 10, 2004
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The Bush administration Thursday sought to end speculation that it
has lost confidence in U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan over his
handling of the oil-for-food program in Iraq, insisting that it does
not support calls from some members of Congress for his resignation.
Annan has faced a barrage of criticism from Republican lawmakers
since it was disclosed last month that his son, Kojo Annan, had
received as much as $150,000 in payments from a Swiss company while
it profited from the former United Nations-run humanitarian program.
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations, and others have called for Annan's resignation,
saying he failed to ...