The foreign ministry also stressed that China's arms exports abide by legal norms and pose no threat to global peace and stability in response to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on China replacing Britain as the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, says Beijing Times.

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How would Harold Koh square the oath of office he must take if confirmed as State Department Legal Advisor to uphold and protect the Constitution with his insistence that international "law" and "norms" must take precedence if there is a conflict between them?

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