Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee, introduced legislation condemning Pakistan's February 6th release of A.Q. Khan. "Dr. A.Q. Khan, the single person who has done more than anyone to spread the world’s most dangerous technology, was released from house arrest by Pakistan last Friday. This is a blow to justice and international security," said Royce. The legislation condemns Khan's release and declares Khan to be a continuing pro...
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By Richard Lardner for Associated Press -- A Russian businessman known as the "Merchant of Death" is a wanted man in Washington. More than two dozen House lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration to make sure that Viktor Bout is extradited to the U.S. from Thailand where he was arrested a year ago for conspiring to arm Colombian rebels. In a Feb. 11 letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the members of Congress say Bout's lawyers already have succe...
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Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, released the following statement in response to the series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. "It is often said that India and America have a natural bond as the two largest democracies. Today, we share a bond of a common enemy: what the 9/11 Commission identified as Islamist terrorism. Islamist ideology is spreading across South Asia, and must be stamped out. ...
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This morning, Rep. Ed Royce gave a keynote address, "Gauging the Six Party Talks," to the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies: It is a pleasure being here at the U.S.-Korea Institute. In a few short years SAIS has become a major center of Korea-related activity. I'll provide a Congressional perspective, focusing on the Six Party Talks, and the challenge of North Korea. I’ll finish by answering a few of your questions, where perhaps we can get into ...
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Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA-40), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade made the following comments in reaction to the announcement of additional Iran sanctions announced by the Departments of State and Treasury this morning: The Iranian regime continues its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Strong action is needed by the United States, the West, and Iran's neighbors to prevent a nuclear Tehran. Among other sanctions announced today, efforts to isolat...
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Last year, the Terrorism and Nonproliferation Subcommittee I chaired held a hearing on the A.Q. Khan network. We held it shortly after a top Pakistani official declared the Khan case closed. It wasn't closed then, and it's not closed today. I hope that today we develop ideas for seeing that the A.Q. Khan case is not still open next year. The case isn’t closed because there is more to learn. The Khan network has done incalculable damage to international security. Yet there remain unanswered quest...
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Rep. Royce issued the following remarks during the Joint Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommitte Hearing: I thank the Chair for calling this important hearing. The United State has long wrestled with North Korea's nuclear program. Many approaches have been tried, but none has had a more dramatic impact than the Bush Administration's decision to squeeze Banco Delta Asia. In September 2005, the Treasury Department imposed Patriot Act Section 311 sanctions against this small Macau-based ...
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Calling it an act of economic warfare, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) released today a study on North Korean counterfeiting of United States currency. The study, Gangster Regime: How North Korea Counterfeits United States Currency, provides a comprehensive look at the scope of North Korean counterfeiting and its implications for the economic and national security of the United States and provides recommendations for Congress. "Counterfeiting of U.S. currency by North Korea is a direct attack on a protecte...
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The following opinion editorial, written by Representative Royce, appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, March 10th: Drinks flowed as North Korea's top negotiator and his American counterpart met in New York this week in celebration of Pyongyang's promise to give up its nuclear weapons. It was hard to believe that just five months ago North Korea actually exploded a nuclear weapon, for which it was roundly condemned. But that condemnation is gone today -- as is any frank discussion of ...
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