61. For starters, the burden would be on Congress, after a notification period, to vote down an arms sale -- something lawmakers rarely do. 62. Forget that, too, along with the revelations of Senate committees about new permissiveness on arms sales by big Democratic contributors. 63. Further, U.S. arms sales often come back to haunt U.S. troops on the battlefield. 64. He ordered the inquiry after a then junior defense minister, Alan Clark, said publicly that the government had tacitly supported arms sales to Iraq. 65. He was accused of lying to Congress about his knowledge of the arms sales and the efforts of other nations to help the Contras. 66. His job will be to help promote arms sales. 67. Ignore the arms sale. 68. In a third part of its food arm sale, Pacific Dunlop sold its Socomin Fine Foods unit to Manassen Foods Australia. 69. In September Clinton also barred the military rulers from entering the United States and banned arms sales. 70. In the case of Russian arms sales to Iran, administration officials said Wednesday that they were weighing retaliatory steps against Russia. |