Senators meet with Chinese officials in Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (R) talks to Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (L) with the aid of a translator (C) during a breakfast meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on July 29, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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