[RWR8189]

So much for:

America will lead by defending liberty and justice, because they are right and true and unchanging for all people everywhere. No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them. George W. Bush

[Franking]

If this is indeed a change in status, I expect it is payment for China's helping us with the far more pressing problem, which is North Korea. There is nothing we can do with NK without Chinese help, help they are negotiating with us to provide.

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