American says he's a teacher, not a US agent

[Francis Hult]

Associated Press

 

American says he's a teacher, not a US agent

 

Russian officials say Michael Lee White was a U.S. agent involved in the recent fighting between their troops and Georgia. They claim to have found the Army veteran's passport in the country.

 

But in his cramped teacher's apartment thousands of miles away at a business college in southern China, the American told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he's never been to Georgia. When the five-day war was raging last month, White said, he was in his hometown of Austin, Texas, caring for his sick father.

 

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