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I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq.

There is no free market in oil.

There is no free market for oil.

During the desperate depression of the 1980s, there were no oil and gas companies without net operating losses.

The mercantile business did not suit me.

When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign against war and sanctions. I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one.

Even from the very beginning, I didn't put any money in the stock market.

I've never had a penny through oil deals and no one has produced a shred of evidence that I have.

There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.