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...make a plea for reconciliation. Mending bridges with the Saudis is vital for Jordan's shattered economy: in addition to cutting off aid, which amounted to $200 million last year, Riyadh has refused to resume preferential oil sales to Jordan.The U.S. will press the Saudis to be lenient toward the King lest he be toppled. Despite everything, Washington prefers Hussein to the more radical regime that might replace...
Fred Wertheimer, president of the citizens' lobby Common Cause, which initially demanded the investigation, was outraged at the lenient treatment, and angrily commented: "The U.S. Senate remains on the auction block to the Charles Keatings of the world." Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, called the report a "whitewash...
...return, Shamir is hoping for lenient treatment once the U.S. turns its attention to the Arab-Israeli conflict. He may be in for a surprise. Says a U.S. diplomat: "We're going to owe some Arab countries much more than we owe Israel." Distrusting Bush and Baker, Shamir is banking instead on the support of Congress, which will have its eye on the 1992 elections...
...Judge Kimba Wood will hear evidence about some of the 92 charges Milken did not admit when he pleaded guilty to six felony counts of securities fraud and other crimes. Prosecutors hope to offset the efforts of Milken's lawyers to cite his philanthropic activities as grounds for a lenient sentence. Milken, 44, could be given anything from community service to 28 years in prison...
...failures mount, the industry's insurance fund has dwindled to alarmingly low levels. -- A bright future for natural gas. -- Michael Milken's friends lobby for a lenient sentence...