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House Rebukes Clinton on China Satellite Export (Duncan Hunter Archives)
Wash Post ^ | John Harris

Posted on 11/21/2007 10:46:33 AM PST by pissant

In a series of nearly unanimous votes, the House yesterday said President Clinton failed to act in "the national interest" earlier this year when he gave permission for a Chinese satellite launch to a U.S. aerospace firm with close Democratic ties, and moved to block him from approving similar exports.

With all but a handful of Democrats joining the House GOP majority, legislators rebuked Clinton's handling of a critical aspect of U.S.-China policy -- commerce in militarily sensitive technology -- just a month before he is to make a long-planned trip to Beijing. One of the measures, effectively banning all further exports of commercial satellites to China, would terminate current and pending deals by U.S. companies valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.

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But yesterday's House votes, all on amendments to the annual defense authorization bill, made plain that Democrats, too, have concerns. By 364 to 54, lawmakers adopted Rep. Duncan Hunter's (R-Calif.) proposal for a flat ban on the export or re-export of satellites to China.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 110th; bernardschwartz; chicoms; china; chung; duncanhunter; johnhuang; loral; sidneyblumenthal; trie
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To: Mr Apple

Thread of interest, related:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928963/posts
U.S. report finds U.S. intel consistently wrong on China buildup


21 posted on 11/22/2007 7:36:01 PM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Diogenesis; Sun; Calpernia; doug from upland
In reference to your graphic in #3, a layman's question. The Communist also have satellites in orbit. Weren't they concerned about their own satellites being knocked out by their own litter or were they simply ignorant at the time?
Or is it the obvious answer that pre-1994 (pre-Loral, Bernard Schwartz / pre-human toilet Bill Clinton's waiver to Loral), that with most all Chinese rockets failing, they were simply donks.
22 posted on 11/24/2007 12:39:02 AM PST by Mr Apple ( "VIDEO CHINAGATE" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2970981220206109356)
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To: Sun
And the intent of China is always difficult to understand.

The long and the short of it was that the Communist Chinese wanted to be on par with us and were shrewd enough to use Huang, Chung and Trie and a pittance of dollars to bribe filthbags Bill and Hillary Clinton and the DNC - and they got our entire arsenal.

google:
Clinton National Security Scandal and Coverup

23 posted on 11/24/2007 12:46:36 AM PST by Mr Apple ( "VIDEO CHINAGATE" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2970981220206109356)
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To: Calpernia; PsyOps
Thank you for the link and see my post #51 / a reply to astute PsyOps.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928963/posts?q=1&;page=51

24 posted on 11/24/2007 12:57:53 AM PST by Mr Apple ( "VIDEO CHINAGATE" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2970981220206109356)
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To: Mr Apple

Thanks for the ping!
It’s good to see you again, Mr. Apple.

Good postings by you, too.


25 posted on 11/24/2007 1:26:06 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: pissant

Hi, pissant!

I’m glad to see you are back!


26 posted on 11/24/2007 1:26:33 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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