Posted on 03/18/2009 6:22:44 AM PDT by Scanian
Commerce Secretary nominee Gary Locke, whose job would include approving sensitive exports to China, has performed legal work for companies doing business with Beijing and was forced to refund several political donations that he received in the 1990s from key figures in a Chinese influence-buying investigation.
The former Washington state governor is expected to face questions about both issues during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Senate aides and an Obama administration official familiar with the vetting told The Washington Times.
Mr. Locke was the first Chinese-American to become governor when Washington state voters elected him in 1996, and he served two terms. Since leaving the governor's mansion in 2005, Mr. Locke has been working with the Seattle law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as part of its China practice, which has offices in Shanghai.
On its Web page, www.dwt.com, the law firm says it has represented several state-run Chinese companies, including China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines and China Shipping as well as the Bank of China, BankOne, Boeing Co., Freightliner, Ford Motor Co., General Electric Capital Corp. and Microsoft Corp.
John A. Shaw, who held senior posts at the Defense, State and Commerce departments overseeing export controls and technology transfers from 1992 to 2004, said senators should question nominees about their past fundraising and views on high-technology transfers to nations such as China.
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An other one bites the dust! WE CAN NEVER TRUST CHINA!
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Team Obama - the best idiots that money can buy
I really think the tide is turning on Obama. Too many questions about his picks, trying to go left way too quick, etc. This is going to get interesting . . . I think the media is getting ready to turn on Obama.
I agree with especially after he is refusing to turn up at the media gala where they roast the President every year. Said he was going to be in Chicago but going to be in Camp David. He must know he cannot take being roasted even a little. What a coward!
Those of us from WA have always known that Locke has been a China cheat.
Don’t forget the frauds & communists such as ACORN who got billions and will be “managing” census & “counting votes” in future elections.
Or trust Obama’s nominees!
Maybe some of those “said senators” should actually start to distance themselves from the boy king and his appointments....and not just ask questions, but vote against his nominations.
Are you new around here? They got this guy elected and they have nothing to lose. The President of the United States could kill a Commerce Secretary involved in transferring military technology to China and they would never bat an eye.
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