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With the F-35s and the Saudis, It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

Deal with Saudis echoes across the decades with the tumult over our sale of the airborne warning and control system known as Awacs.

President Reagan and his chief of staff, James Baker, at the Oval Office on October 28, 1981 after the Senate failure to block the sale of Awacs to Saudi Arabia.
President Reagan and his chief of staff, James Baker, at the Oval Office on October 28, 1981 after the Senate failure to block the sale of Awacs to Saudi Arabia. Via Wikimedia Commons