Any decision by the Reagan Administration to provide Jordan or any other Arab country with arms will take into consideration the U.S. “firm commitment to Israel’s security and the need to bring peace in the region,” a State Department spokesman said Monday. But the spokesman, Dean Fischer, said there has been no request as yet from Jordan for F-16 jet fighters or Hawk mobile air defense systems. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger made a similar statement on a television appearance Sunday.
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