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Transcript: GOP REP. SALMON BLASTS PRESIDENT'S PLANNED VISIT TO TIANANMEN SQUARE
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- June 1, 1998
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GOP Rep. Salmon Blasts President's Planned Visit to Tiananmen Square
But
urges President to make China trip
Washington, DC -- Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon, a Member of the
House
International Relations Committee's Asia Subcommittee, released a
letter
today to President Bill Clinton in which he urges Clinton to visit
China
as scheduled later this month. Salmon's position puts him somewhat
at odds
with the more than 150 Members of Congress who have called publicly
for
the President to cancel his trip.
"Certainly, Mr. President, if you are going to China for a 'photo-
op,'
you should stay ...