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To: Enigma who wrote (55691)	7/5/2000 8:32:15 AM
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Clinton softens Chinese threat? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fiscal Year 2000 National Defense Authorization Act directs the secretary of defense to submit a report "on the current and future military strategy of the People's Republic of China." According to an article published in Aviation Week and Space Technology, "China Seen Building Conventional Might" by Robert Wall, a senior defense official involved in writing the report is now charging the White House with deliberately altering the conclusions of the report. "The National Security Council staff and State Department have intervened with the details to soften the tone of the report to preserve good relations with China," charged the unnamed defense official. Is the new defense report flawed? According to the June 2000 U.S. military report, "Beijing remains firmly committed to expanding (cont) worldnetdaily.com