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Bush Seeks to Curry Favor in Silicon Valley (was Re: ECARM NEWS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Fri Jul 2 18:13:08 1999
In-Reply-To: <199907021800.OAA26064@marcella.ecarm.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 17:21:59 -0400
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
No mention in this article about crypto, but he seems to be pointed in the
right direction.
Anyone out there know whether GWBush has said anything on the crypto front?
Will any of you reporters out there be in a position to ask him soon?
Cheers,
RAH
At 2:00 PM -0400 on 7/2/99, ecarm-news@ecarm.org wrote:
> Title: Bush Seeks to Curry Favor in Silicon Valley
> Resource Type: News Article
> Date: July 2, 1999
> Source: NYT (Free Registration Required)
> Author: RICHARD L. BERKE
> Keywords: POLITICS ,CAMPAIGN FUNDING,TECH INDUSTRY ,LEGISLATION PROP
>
> Abstract/Summary:
> PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Encroaching on political turf that
> Vice President Al Gore has cultivated for years, Gov. George
> W. Bush ventured into Silicon Valley Thursday to fatten his already
> flush campaign treasury and to unveil proposals favored by the technology
> industry.
>
> The Texas Governor departed from his standard text to make an
> aggressive pitch to the computer titans in the room, a group
> with growing influence that both political camps are wooing. He chided
> President Clinton and Gore for, among other things, not allowing
> American companies to sell sensitive technology overseas when those
> products are available from competitors.
>
> Original URL:
>http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/070299wh-gop-bush.html
>
> Added: Fri Jul 2 10:44:20 -040 1999
> Contributed by: David Dillard
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