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Cornyn, Clinton discuss Taiwan’s F-16 bid

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has started discussions with Senator John Cornyn over the latter’s demands to sell F-16s to Taiwan.

Cornyn has blocked the nomination of William Burns as deputy secretary of state unless the Pentagon release the Taiwan airpower report and accept Taipei’s letter of request for F-16s.

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