Haley Stevens: “this disturbs me greatly. For the last 20 years, 21 years, I have been privileged to attend the Paris Air Show, along…”

“this disturbs me greatly. For the last 20 years, 21 years, I have been privileged to attend the Paris Air Show, along with a substantial number of Americans and our American companies. I visited those companies in their chalets there. We tried to develop what was called a ``two-way street.'' We would buy some materials from them and they would buy some from us. There is no need for France to sell equipment to Saddam Hussein. It is international treason, Mr. President. It is in violation of a U.N. resolution, and there should be no question about French officials-- they should come forward quickly to deal with this story. As a pilot and former war pilot, it disturbs me greatly that the French would allow, in any way, parts for the Mirage to be exported so the Iraqis could continue to use those planes. They are good planes, Mr. President. The French make very good aircraft parts. But they should not be finding their way to Saddam Hussein at this time. I share the concern of the writer of that article about the position of the French government, in view of this information now disclosed by our intelligence officials. As Senator Warner stated, as chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, I intend to get to the bottom of that. We intend to make inquiries today and find out what more we know about what is disclosed in the article regarding the shipment of military parts from either France or Germany into Iraq.”