17h 45min, jan 2, 2000 y - in 2000, U.S. Rep. Sonny Callahan, chairman of a powerful House subcommittee, vowed to to block $250-million in aid unless Israel canceled its sale of a radar system to China. The deal, which Congress feared would give China an edge in any conflict with Taiwan, was later scrapped.
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