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Daniel Inouye: “I would like to add my expression of support in this area to that articulated by the junior Senator from Alaska. I was…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 1998
I would like to add my expression of support in this area to that articulated by the junior Senator from Alaska. I was pleased to work with my colleagues in the conference committee to shape this important provision. I look forward to reviewing this report from the Department of Defense early next year. I, too, believe that it is particularly important to focus on the qualitative balance now in 1998 as compared to that which existed in 1979, when Congress enacted the Taiwan Relations Act, with its Section 3 provisions regarding continued military sales to the Republic of China on Taiwan.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii
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Expressing support for military sales to Taiwan and the importance of qualitative balance since the Taiwan Relations Act.

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