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To: BillCh who wrote ()	6/9/1999 1:56:00 PM
From: BillCh	of 4

Berger will not testify before Congress go2net.com White House Says Berger Will Not Testify On China Jun 9 1:18pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House Wednesday rejected Republican calls for National Security Adviser Sandy Berger to testify to Congress on the investigation into allegations China stole U.S. nuclear weapons secrets. ``As far as I know, there are no plans now for any formal testimony,'' White House spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, a Republican of Alabama, has said he intends to ask Berger to testify on his awareness of the investigation and what he told Clinton about it. Tuesday, Shelby said, ``I believe it's important for Mr. Berger to come before the intelligence committee. I hope he will not assert executive privilege because these questions are too important...I would be really disappointed if he refused.'' Berger has been a lightning rod for criticism from congressional Republicans over security lapses at U.S. nuclear laboratories that have led to allegations China stole U.S. nuclear weapons technology. China has denied the charges. Eighty House Republicans have called for Berger's resignation. Lockhart said Berger and others in the administration had kept Congress ``fully briefed on issues of China and many other national security issues over the last six or seven years and that will continue.'' But he cited issues of executive privilege in saying cabinet-agency executives should testify rather than members of Clinton's executive staff such as Berger. ``There is a traditional and constitutional argument that many administrations have taken about White House staff testifying versus other members of the administration that are confirmable (by the Senate),'' Lockhart said. ``We take the same basic view...confirmable members go and represent the president's policy...in formal testimony.''

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