Portfolios would still be chock-a-block with loans that yield no interest and shares that cannot be sold because their sale would force banks to book a loss.

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Diplomats and policy-makers tend to concern themselves narrowly with the immediate task at hand expediting the release of the 24 Americans now held hostage and their EP-3 that was, at least until its arrival in China, chock-a-block with sensitive intelligence-collection gear.

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Diplomats and policy-makers tend to concern themselves narrowly with the immediate task at hand expediting the release of the 24 Americans now held hostage and their EP-3 that was, at least until its arrival in China, chock-a-block with sensitive intelligence-collection gear.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Message to Beijing's Communists: It's Time for them To Go