Word: gore
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...small wonder that the NSC, the FBI and the White House got into a memorable shouting match last week over who had been told what and when about the alleged Chinese attempt to throw some money around. But on the eve of Vice President Al Gore's trip to Beijing, what really had the capital buzzing was whether the emerging picture of China's role represented a new obsession or just confirmed an old habit. Traditionally China has relied on commercial allies, like U.S. multinationals, to promote its interests. What investigators want to know now is whether it also tried...
House Speaker Newt Gingrich is having second thoughts about visiting China this month as part of an Asian tour by members of Congress. Last week a group of prominent conservatives met with Gingrich to insist that he highlight human rights in his discussions with Chinese officials. Gore leaves next week on his long-scheduled China trip. At a press briefing in Beijing last week, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Cui Tiankai had to spend much of his time fending off questions about the campaign-finance scandals. Said he: "There have been rumors in the American press that China did this...
...GORE China trip still on for next week. No way to avoid more pics with Asian businessmen...
...from Asian entrepreneurs such as James Riady and Johnny Chung. It seems clear that some of the bundles (collections of money from different sources given by one person or group) they gave came from foreign nationals, citizens or businesses. But these funds went to the DNC, not the Clinton-Gore campaign, and the law is at least murky on foreign contributions to parties. No obviously illegal activity here...
Surely the calls that Vice President Al Gore '69 made from his office in the West Wing were illegal? Guess again. For the same reasons that the coffees and the sleepovers are legal, Gore's calls fall within the limits...