SENATORS WANT INFORMATION ABOUT PRUEHER'S STANCE ON CHINA

By Thomas Duffy / November 10, 1999 at 5:00 AM
Sens. James Inhofe (R-OK) and Bob Smith (R-NH) are asking the Pentagon for several documents related to retired Adm. Joseph Prueher's dealings with China when he was the commander of all U.S. forces in the Pacific. Prueher is President Bill Clinton's nominee to be the next ambassador to China and was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Nov. 3. No date has been set for a full Senate vote on the nomination. Inhofe and Smith, neither of whom...

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