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Asa Hutchinson: I say to the Senator, it is my understanding that they had already been approved by the administration to travel to…

On the recordJune 23, 1998
I say to the Senator, it is my understanding that they had already been approved by the administration to travel to China and that it was only at the 11th hour that the Chinese Government denied their visas and their right to go and provide coverage for the President's summit in Beijing.
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Asa Hutchinson
Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the denial of visas for journalists to cover the President's summit in Beijing.

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