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White House scraps Saudi arms deal
The White House drops plans to sell 360 million in Maverick anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia amid strong congressional opposition over fears of arming a state linked to Israel tensions and the Persian Gulf incident involving the Iraqi jet that hit the Stark. The decision followed input from Sen. Jesse Helms and others, with critics calling it a bad deal at a bad time.
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Tim Ahern
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
White House
Saudi Arabia
Air Force
Philip C. Gast
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. Edward Fox
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Fox
Israel
Stark
Persian Gulf
U.S
Robert Packwood
Larry Smith
D-Fla
House