WASHINGTON - Gary Bauer, former Republican presidential candidate and Campaign for Working Families founder, today issued the following statement regarding the continued Clinton-Gore administration's distortions produced from their trade-trumps-all policy toward China.
"The distortions produced by the trade-trumps-all policy toward China continue to mount," said Bauer. "This week Secretary of Defense William Cohen publicly rebuked Israel for selling an advanced airborne radar system to China. 'I have indicated before that the United States does not support the sale of this type of technology to China,' Secretary Cohen said in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak standing uncomfortably at his side.
"Meanwhile, The Washington Times' Bill Gertz reported today on a dinner hosted last month by U.S. Ambassador Joseph Prueher at his residence in Beijing for executives of Hughes Electronics, SpaceSystems Loral, ChinaSat and representatives of China's military space program. Prior to his appointment to Beijing, Ambassador Prueher was commander in chief of U.S. Navy forces in the Pacific. The dinner was held at the request of a Loral executive. Its purpose was to discuss the delayed launch of a Chinese civilian communications satellite. The launch was postponed when the two U.S. contractors had their export license suspended.
"Hughes and Loral are under investigation for illegally sharing missile data with the China. ChinaSat, a government-owned company, recently launched the first of a series of advanced military communications satellites giving China a new command, control and intelligence capability that will dramatically enhance the People's Liberation Army ability to manage its armed forces in combat. The Pentagon is keeping a close watch on China's rapidly improving command-and-control capability.
"It is mind-boggling that the Clinton administration would simultaneously rebuke Israel for selling advanced military technology to China, while throwing gala dinner parties in Beijing for Chinese military representatives and U.S. defense contractors under investigation for illegally providing secret missile data to China.
"In view of recent congressional reports detailing China's illegal acquisition of U.S. arms secrets, including nuclear weapons, it is inappropriate for the American ambassador to be aiding Chinese companies engaged in military activities," said Bauer. |
