Word: mallard
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State Department accounts of the case havediffered throughout from Keene and Maes' version,Mallard said. Department officials contacted inearly 1980 said that they had never said SaudiArabia was a safe place to work, despite Keene'ssigned affidavit to the contrary...
...addition, Keene and Maes submittedaffidavits stating that when they tried to go tothe American consulate in Dharan, they wererefused entry by a marine "under orders" fromhigher officials. But embassy officials deniedthat this incident occurred, Mallard says...
Ferguson-Augustus and other departmentrepresentatives declined to comment further oneither the Keene and Maes case or on Mallard'scharges of preferential treatment for Saudioffenders...
Government officials who have lobbied on behalfof Keene and Mallard expressed dismay at Bush'sletter last week, and said they believe thatMallard's charge of pro-Saudi leanings in theState Department may have some validity...
Representative Larry Smith (D-Fla.), whotestified with Mallard in front of Congress in1991, has come to similar conclusions, accordingto his spokesperson, Robert Patalano...