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are ~xpect~d and requir~d to up,hold'this stand~ud."·
Satterfl,eld is not co'n'sidereda subject of the government's probe, alJd 'he
reporte~ly was cleare,d,by, th~'Jus,tice Department for his Iraq po~t.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said he could not comment
,.o.n an'ongoi~g inv~s~igati6n. " .
MI will say, though, that David:Satterfield is an outstanding public servant, he
is a ~istinguished'Foreign Se'ryic;e officer and ~iplomat, and tha~ he.t1as
w~rked on behalf of the American people fota"~4mber of years," McCormack
said Tl1u~sday. .
~ State Departm~nt official said i,t was withiJ:tSatte~eld's portfolio to work
'with poli~y'groups'such ~s AlpAC. As.the.deputy assistant secretaryJor Near
'l;astern aff~irs, Satterjield led the State pep~rtmEmt group. de~l!ng with t~~·
l~raeli·Palestinian conflict, as.well as other regional issues on AIPAC;s '
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Mit wasn't ou(of the'normal,at all:tor adep'utY assistant secretary, as he was,
to ~e meeting with AlpAC on a regUlar ba~i~,1J saiCt the offi~i~I, who spoke on
coraditionof anonymity. "Our offiqe trie~ to meet wit~'inter~sted people of all
'~ro~ps, an~ it's su~posed to be.~1i in~orma!i(;mal.exchange."
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