The U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs urged delegates at the Jewish Council for Public Affairs’ annual conference in Washington to support the Clinton administration’s request to Congress to provide a $300 million increase over three years in U.S. aid to Jordan. Hours after Martin Indyk spoke, the group, as planned, passed a resolution supporting the Jordan aid package, which is intended to signal strong U.S. support for Jordan’s new King Abdullah.
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