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To: SJackson; Mo1; Peach
Activists are also lobbying for passage of the Vietnam Human Rights Act (H.R. 1950), which would prohibit non-humanitarian aid to Vietnam until the government stops violating the rights of its people.

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.

Prairie

5 posted on 01/25/2004 7:57:24 AM PST by prairiebreeze (God Bless and Protect the Allied Troops. And the families here at home---they are soldiers too.)
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Kerry's still loyal to his Hanoi buddies I see. Consider this:

Kerry is a disgrace

8 posted on 01/25/2004 9:33:46 AM PST by Mo1 (Join the dollar a day crowd now!)
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