Eduard Manet paintings

Eduard Manet paintings
Edwin Austin Abbey paintings
Beijing guessing," he said on the Senate floor.Bush's words come a day after a U.S. delegation, led by Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Fred Smith, delivered the U.S. arms sale decision in a secret three-hour meeting with Taiwanese officials at Fort McNair, a U.S. Army base in Washington.At the meeting, the Taiwanese were told Bush had decided he would not — at least for now — let Taiwan buy super-sophisticated naval destroyers this year. Both Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell had recommended that Bush forgo sales of missile destroyers with advanced Aegis systems.Fearing an invasion from mainland China, the Taiwanese government has been asking for the most high-powered new destroyers and radar gear. While the $1 billion Aegis-equipped ships will not be in Taiwan's shopping cart this year, the White House is signaling that if China further increases its saber rattling toward Taiwan, the situation could change.