Activists also want to pass the Freedom of Information Act in Vietnam (H.R. 1019), which would combat the Vietnam government's jamming of Radio Free Asia and safeguard access to the RFA's Internet sites.
The Vietnam Human Rights Act passed the House by a 410–1 vote last year. But presidential candidate John Kerry (D-Mass.), a Vietnam veteran, put it on hold in the Senate. Other senators reintroduced the act last session and attached it as an amendment to a foreign-relations spending bill.
Kerry's still loyal to his Hanoi buddies I see. Consider this:
Kerry gained national attention in April 1971, when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, then chaired by Sen. J. William Fulbright (D-AR), who led opposition in the Congress against U.S. participation in the war. During the course of his testimony, Kerry stated that the United States had a definite obligation to make extensive economic reparations to the people of Vietnam. Source
It's of major importance to Kerry just WHICH PEOPLE IN VIETNAM American's money goes to evidently.
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Hmmmmm. Didn't the Marines do that back in oh ... 1965 or so? And weren't these same "human-rights monitors" whining then about how brutish the US was? In fact, wasn't the whole rationale behind the Vietnam War the PREVENTION of such abuses?
Once again, the Left gets bitten by the Law of Unintended Consequences.
The Hanoi Candidate...?
So did it pass?
Why? What the heck is wrong with Kerry?