Bradley in DC
09-19-2007, 07:31 AM
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200709/INT20070919c.html
Increases in Vietnam Aid Tied to Human Rights Improvements
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
September 19, 2007
(CNSNews.com) - Vietnamese pro-democracy activists have welcomed the passage of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that ties future increases in U.S. non-humanitarian aid to Hanoi to verifiable improvements in its human rights record.
The Vietnam Human Rights Act, passed by a 414-3 vote Tuesday, also authorizes $4 million over two years for groups promoting human rights and nonviolent democratic change in Vietnam, and another $10-plus million towards efforts to overcome the government's jamming of Radio Free Asia.
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The three lawmakers who voted against Smith's bill Tuesday were Reps. Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Ron Paul of Texas -- both long-shot candidates for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination -- and Rep. Jeff Flake or Arizona, also a Republican.
Increases in Vietnam Aid Tied to Human Rights Improvements
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
September 19, 2007
(CNSNews.com) - Vietnamese pro-democracy activists have welcomed the passage of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that ties future increases in U.S. non-humanitarian aid to Hanoi to verifiable improvements in its human rights record.
The Vietnam Human Rights Act, passed by a 414-3 vote Tuesday, also authorizes $4 million over two years for groups promoting human rights and nonviolent democratic change in Vietnam, and another $10-plus million towards efforts to overcome the government's jamming of Radio Free Asia.
...
The three lawmakers who voted against Smith's bill Tuesday were Reps. Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Ron Paul of Texas -- both long-shot candidates for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination -- and Rep. Jeff Flake or Arizona, also a Republican.