Stephen Hadley, the White House national security adviser, said Mr Bush made the comments to Mr Hu in a phone call on Wednesday morning. The Pentagon on Tuesday said the US had mistakenly sent electrical fuses for intercontinental ballistic missiles, instead of a consignment of helicopter batteries.
Taiwan on Wednesday disputed initial Pentagon claims that it had only informed the US about the mistaken shipment this January. Lisa Chi, a Taiwanese military spokeswoman, said Taipei informed the Pentagon immediately after receiving the shipment in August 2006.
"We put the shipment in classified storage and notified our US counterparts immediately," said Ms Chi.
A senior Bush administration official on Wednesday confirmed the Taiwanese account, blaming the original discrepancy on "logistics, logistics, logistics", in a reference to the Defence Logistics Agency, which is responsible for shipping weapons. He said Taiwan had informed the DLA that the shipment did not contain the helicopter batteries.
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I wonder... when our "IRS" checks come in the mail will they be checks as expected or will they be fuses or batteries?
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ReplyDelete...when our "IRS" checks come in the mail will they be checks as expected or will they be fuses or batteries?
Agggh! It is the first comment! :>(
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