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Jim Ryun: Pentagon intelligence officials are reporting that communist China will add eight ICBM missiles to its arsenal. That is…

On the recordJuly 22, 1998
Pentagon intelligence officials are reporting that communist China will add eight ICBM missiles to its arsenal. That is in addition to the 13 nuclear missiles that it already has pointed at American citizens. This weekend the President said that he would veto the defense bill over a House provision blocking the transfer of missile technology to China. Mr. President, exactly whose side are you on? China is not a friendly ally. It aggressively builds nuclear missiles and aims them at American children. What is the Commander in Chief's response? Will he build a missile defense system? No. He vetoed that legislation 3 years ago. The President has no response to the news that China is building more, not less, nuclear missiles to aim at American children. Instead, he has threatened to veto the only legislation that attempts to stem the flow of technology between the Clinton White House and Beijing. Mr. President, shame on you. I yield back my time and any missile technology secrets that the administration cares to keep from the communists.
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Jim Ryun
Kansas

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Addressing concerns about China's missile capabilities and the President's defense policy.

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