Defense Chief Gates Pledges `Enduring' U.S. Troop Presence in South Korea Oct 22, 2009
I hope the conference is an opportunity through which we can reconfirm the strength of Americas commitment to the mutual defense treaty, Kim said in his opening remarks today. Combined Defense. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
West Lacks Will to Win War on Terrorism Aug 24, 2009
It has a mutual defense treaty with Tehran and built, with North Korean help, a plutonium reactor which Israeli fighters destroyed. It remains the conduit for terrorists infiltrating into Iraq and the home to many terrorist organizations. (Human Events Online)
* EDITORIAL: The tyrant is back in the hall Jul 21, 2009
If defending Taiwan and developing its economy were the prerequisites for naming the hall, then surely it should be called the United States Memorial Hall instead, given that it was US assistance in the form of the Mutual Defense Treaty, security guarantees and arms sales that gave Taiwan the space to grow. In fact, Chiangs adventurism and disconnect from reality X from his vow to retake the mainland by force to fanciful plans for entry into regional conflicts X created unnecessary danger... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Presentation Will Provide Insight on Life of Civil Rights Leader May 30, 2009
" In 1953, the G.I. Forum published its own study on farm labor in South Texas, as well as having Lyndon Johnson speak at their statewide convention. In 1954, attorneys funded by the G.I. Forum and LULAC argued and won Hernandez v. Texas in the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision, one of the Warren court's first, threw out the plaintiff's murder conviction on the grounds that he had not had a jury of his peers. Court records showed that no one with a Spanish surname had served on a... (KWTX.com, TX)
Congress Got It Right: Taiwan Relations Act Celebrates 30 Years Apr 9, 2009
His deal included breaking relations with Taipei and giving notice to the Taiwanese that the U.S. was withdrawing from our Mutual Defense Treaty. Congressional leaders of both parties suspected, as one of the State Department officials working on the question reported later, that Carter s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, didn t care about Taiwan, but assumed that normalized relations with Beijing would give Taipei little choice but to capitulate to Communist demands. (Human Events Online)
* Taiwans status must be clarified Mar 16, 2009
On the contrary, it recognized Chiangs exile government on Taiwan and, in 1954, signed the Mutual Defense Treaty with the ROC. The terms of this treaty stated that it applied to Taiwan and the Pescadores, thus giving tacit approval to the ROCs illegal occupation and rule over Taiwan. The US established diplomatic relations with the Peoples Republic of China on Jan. 1, 1979, and terminated the Mutual Defense Treaty exactly one year later. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
