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GOODMAN AND Nairn's report has provoked an international outcry against the Indonesian government. The Netherlands, the former colonial rulers of Indonesia, suspended all aid--totalling some $100 million--pending the outcome of an Indonesian investigation into the massacre. Representative Ronald Machtley (R-R.I.) has sponsored a bill to cut off US military aid to Indonesia. A letter to President bush signed by 50 congressmen urged him to reconsider Indonesian sovereignty over East Timor. Current U.S. aid to Indonesia totals $50 million. But the support of the U.S. government for the Indonesian regime is far more valuable than that...
Rhode Island's Fernand St. Germain, chairman of the powerful House Banking Committee and a 1987 target of a House ethics investigation, lost his bid for a 15th term to attorney Ronald K. Machtley. Last month a Justice Department document disclosed "evidence of serious and sustained misconduct" in St. Germain's dealings with a lobbyist...
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