When asked why the department of foreign affairs and trade did nothing about the allegations first received in 2000, he told the inquiry that his department couldn't investigate AWB and responsibility for the oil for food program laid with the UN.
なぜ外務貿易省は2000年に初めて受けた疑惑について何もしなかったのかと尋ねられた時、彼は取調べに「彼の省はAWBを調査できず、石油・食料交換プログラムに対する責任は国連が負っていた」と語った。