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From our studio in new york city, this is charlie rose. On monday the United States government accused five chinese Army Officers of hacking into american companies. The breaches are believed to taken place in a bid for competitive advantage. The officers are being charged with stealing trade secrets at internal documents from several u. S. Companies, and the labor union. U. S. Attorney general eric holder said the alleged breaches were significant and demanded an aggressive response. It is in the interest of china to be seen as respectors of the rule of law. Our hope would be that they will cooperate with us. To the extent that we do not have the cooperation we will use all the means available to us to ultimately have these people appear in a federal court in the United States, in pittsburgh, and be given due process in am ....
The presiding officer anyone wishing to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the yeas are 94, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. The majority leader. The next vote is to occur on the peterson nomination. Mr. Reid yield back that time. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The time is yielded back and the question is on the motion. Nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 70, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior it a vote on th the rosenstengel nomination. Without objection, all time is yielded back. Is there a sufficient second to the yeas and nays . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer is there any senator wishing to vote or change his or her v ....
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