VOL. XLII

No. 12

22-March-1999

IRAQ

Clinton Administration Favors Lifting Ceiling On Iraqi OilSales

Senior Clinton administration officials have reiteratedWhite House support for a proposal to lift the ceiling on Iraqi crude exportsunder the UN oil-for-food program. US Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickeringand Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, testifying on 17 March before a jointsession of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Energy andNatural Resources Committee on proposals...