A senior Senate Democrat called on the Bush administration to immediately fund the re-equipping of the Palestinian Authority police. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) said he proposed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Gen. William Ward, the top U.S. security envoy to the region, receive $10-12 million for non-lethal equipment for P.A. police, citing the need for walkie-talkies as an example.
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