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Wayne Allard: “The Foreign Operations bill strikes an appropriate balance between our national security interests in that vast…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2003
The Foreign Operations bill strikes an appropriate balance between our national security interests in that vast archipelago and the realities of a developing Indonesia. I want to be on record that I will continue to closely follow the investigation into the murder of Americans in Papua last year and I encourage the Chairman and all my colleagues to pay attention to that case. I also recommend that the administration report to Congress on a regular and ongoing basis into the progress the Government of Indonesia is making into resolving these murders.
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Wayne Allard

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Discussing the Foreign Operations bill and the investigation into the murder of Americans in Papua, Indonesia.

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