Alexander Proposes New ''Tower Commission'' To Find Truth in ''China Mess''.NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1999-- Statement by Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. : "The President should appoint a bi-partisan, blue-ribbon independent commission to get to the bottom of the current China mess. It should include such respected senior leaders as former Attorneys General Richard Thornburgh and Griffin Bell, and Senators Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American businessman and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NTI (Nuclear Threat Initiative), a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and and Howard Baker. There is precedent for this: the Tower Commission which investigated the Iran-Contra issue in 1987. "Such a commission is the only way the American people An American people may be:
"The relationship between China and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. is too important for politics to be played in this--or for us not to know the truth. "First, we find out that, after all, Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
"And now, Attorney General Reno, it turns out, refused FBI requests for wiretaps of the suspected spy who stole the secrets. This is the same Attorney General who declined to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Chinese campaign contributions. "When Congress set out to investigate the campaign contribution issue, it was thwarted by partisan obstructionism ob·struc·tion·ist n. One who systematically blocks or interrupts a process, especially one who attempts to impede passage of legislation by the use of delaying tactics, such as a filibuster. . And now the independent counsel law is about to expire. That leaves only one way to get to the bottom of these matters: a bi-partisan, independent blue-ribbon commission." |
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