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Qian Qichen, former vice
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People’s Republic of China,
deliver the first keym
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Secretary of State James iy
joins Chinese Ambassad;
Yang Jiechi, who will al$
speak later that evening.
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Relations, said the confer®
is an opportunity for stud®
to hear world leaders spca
about China.
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will cover all aspects
relationship with the Unite :Colleg
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for trade and other econoi
purposes.
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under this program include intersection control,
DWI enforcement and occupant restraint.
Officers participate in this on an overtime basis,
Langwell said.
“Head-on collisions are the only form of vehicle-
related accidents worse than those occurring at an
intersection due to failure to stop at a red light”
Cannon said.
Cars are not designed to endure this type of
collision to the side, Carmon said.
“Through the grant program, the Texas
Department of Transportation and Texas
Department of Pubic Safety have taken every pre
caution available,” said Bob Colwell, public infor
mation officer for the Texas Department of
Transportation. “We have sent out news and press
releases to encourage drivers not to run the lights.”
Colwell said the issue of motorists running red
lights needs to be dealt with through enforcement.
“We don’t want to see anyone get hurt,” he said.
The law instructs drivers to approach all inter
sections at an appropriately reduced speed.
Accelerating through a yellow light is grounds for
a citation. Cannon said. He said traffic, weather,
pedestrians and vehicles are factors that make this
law necessary.
“I think that traffic laws should be handled with
more care,” Holtz said. “But it is difficult to con
vince a town full of stressed-out, hurried young
adults to not get discouraged.”
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of the rubble, trying to escape,
trying to get out of the burn
ing metal.”
Hundreds of portable, shoul
der-fired missiles are unac
counted for in Iraq, potential
threats to a U.S. occupation
anny that relies heavily on the
slow, low-flying CH-47
Chinook craft for troop trans
port. The U.S. command has
offered Iraqis $500 apiece for
each portable missile turned in
but has refused to say how many
have been surrendered.
In one search operation
Monday, U.S. military police
stretched out razor wire and set
up checkpoints along the main
artery running north from
Baghdad, now dubbed “Highway
1,” to look for weapons, includ
ing anti-aircraft missiles.
“We have had indication that
more of stuff like this (missiles)
are moving out there,” said Lt.
Col. Dave Poirier, commander
of the 720th Military Police
Battalion. “People know they
are taking a big chance in trans
porting weapons ... and for some
of these large weapons systems,
you’d have to have a truck to
transport it.”
Spc. Andrew Fifield of San
Antonio jumped on top of a
truck transporting pomegranates
and picked through the fruit
carefully.
ances from the Chinese cute
Student Body Preside!
Matt Josefy said he challeu^
and encourages studenis t«
attend and participate in as
many ways as they can.
“In an increasingly glotnl
society, students need to to
about other cultures, especial
ly China, which has overW
billion people,” Josefy said.
The Powell, Kissinger ar:
Qian Qichen address will tali
place on Wednesday at 9:15 aa
in Rudder Auditorium, h
Baker and Yang Jiechi addres
will be at 6 p.m. at the Bus!
Library. Long Yongm, the se®
tary-general of Boao Forum fit
Asia, will speak at 1:45p.mi
the George Bush Presid
Library and Museum «
Thursday. Tickets for these
speeches are available at I
Office of the Vice President ot'!
Research in the Administration
Building, room 310.
The conference is
A&M and the George
School of Government
Public Service along wit
George Bush Presidential
Library Foundation and tlti
Chinese People’s Associalioij
for Friendship with
Countries.
Complete program li:
for the conference and
Week are available
http://china-us.tamu.edu
http://international.tamu.e(
/China_week Jnfo.htm.
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