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Taiwan Security Enhancement Act (TSEA)

Taiwan Security Enhancement Act (TSEA)

News and current events

Senator Helm's support on Washington Times (01/09/01)
Administration Shall Consult with Congress on Taiwan Arms Sales (10/25/00)
Taiwan Will Get Missiles If Attacked (9/29/00)
Pentagon Approves Arms Sales to Taiwan (9/29/00)
The Case for Missile Defence (8/31/00)
Israel Calls Off China Radar Sale (7/12/00)
Congress needs to arm Taiwan (6/27/00)
The cost estimate of TSEA (6/27/00)
Tien Hung-mao supports TSEA (6/7/00)
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Members voted for TSEA and voted against PNTR (6/1/00)
Senate Republicans Try to Delay Vote on Taiwan Security Bill- NY Times (4/28/00)
TSEA will be postponed till after Chen inaugurate on May 20 (4/27/00)
TSEA Workshop Announcement (4/26/00)
Pentagon News Briefing (4/24/00)
The Defense of Taiwan- WSJ Opinion (4/22/00)
Mixed messages on Taiwan- AWSJ Opinion (4/20/00)
Senator Hutchinson Criticizes Secretive Taiwan Arms Sales Process (4/19/00)
"Arming Taiwan"- Washington Post Opinion (4/19/00)
Helms Ridicules claims of "Robust" U.S. Defense Package for Taiwan (4/18/00)
"Taiwan Arms Deal Excludes Warships" - Washington Post (4/18/00)
Helms blasts reported plans to deny Taiwan defense request (4/17/00)
Support grows as Feingold and Collins back TSEA (4/17/00)

"U.S. Faces A Dilemma On Taiwan" Washington Post- By Steven Mufson (4/14/00)
"Stand by Taiwan" Washington Post Editorial (4/10/00)
"Strengthening Taiwan" Asian Wall Street Journal (4/4/00)
"Taiwan Seen Vulnerable to Attack" Washington Post- by Thomas Ricks (3/31/00)
"The US should pass the Taiwan Security Act" WSJ- by Claude Barfield and Mark Groombridge (3/23/00)

TSEA (House)

TSEA (Senate)

Petitions:

TSEA Petition
(In pdf format)- you can fill in senator's name and your personal information online before printing it out.

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