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Jet Sets and Crusaders

Israel hangars on. Clinton steals Gephardt's New Hampshire date. Secretary White's artillery fire.
p> FLYING HIGH br> Apparently Israel is planning on having to spend a long time defending itself. As reported by The Prowler a month ago, shortly before Colin Powell's recent trip to the Middle East, Israel in early April ordered more than forty F-16s from Lockheed/Martin. Now comes word that the Israelis have doubled the order, at a price tag of about $12 million per jet. No delivery date has been set for the first jets, but the order is a big boost for Lockheed/Martin, whose lobbyist in Washington cleared the logistics of the sale with both the Pentagon and the White House. /p>

"Everyone is on board this one," says a White House source. "Israel has to defend itself and this upgrades their air force considerably."

p> QUEEN SHAHEEN br> Yesterday we saw Cincinnati's Democratic mayor exhibit disdain for Bill Clinton . Now a top Democrat who would like to have Clinton's old job isn't showing him much respect either. /p>
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