11.   Such concerns about maintaining alliances, protecting jobs, and prevailing over foreign competition, have persuaded the administration to approve an array of other controversial arms exports.

12.   The marketing of arms exports as crucial to the domestic economy changed an axis of American politics.

13.   The measure would have made Switzerland the first developed country to stop arms exports.

14.   The measure struck an especially strong chord with lawmakers who had grown increasingly alarmed by intelligence reports of Chinese arms exports.

15.   The missile system seems to embody the larger debate over arms exports in the post-Cold War era.

16.   The United States is the unrivaled leader in the global weapons trade, accounting for nearly half of all arms exports worldwide.

17.   U.S. arms exports are supported by millions of dollars worth of federal incentives, such as loan guarantees.

18.   Unfortunately, Beijing continues to be dangerously lax about its own arms exports.

19.   While Ronald Reagan remains legendary for his arms buildup, Clinton has accelerated arms exports to new levels of moral bankruptcy.

20.   A government body regulating arms exports will look into allegations that a Swedish submarine-maker paid bribes to promote sales in Thailand, officials said Wednesday.