Friday
Oct162009
Obama nixes Bush, Clinton policy on missile, space tech for China
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 9:37AM 
Former governor of Washington Gary Locke heads the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.President Barack Obama has changed policy followed by Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on missile and space technology sales to China. Approval of sales will now be overseen by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce rather than The White House. The Washington Times, in an exclusive report, said, “The president issued a little-noticed ‘presidential determination’ Sept. 29 that delegated authority for determining whether missile and space exports should be approved for China to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.” Obama may view Locke’s heritage and background as assets.
