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Obama, McCain Welcome News of Possible Arms Sale To Taiwan

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Thursday, October 9th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The major presidential candidates are welcoming word of a possible Pentagon-brokered $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) calling for the deal to include even more weapons systems and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) saying he regrets China's negative reaction to it. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced last Friday it notified Congress of a package of six possible Foreign Military Sales to Taiwan for aircraft, missiles and equipment--including AH-64 Apache helicopters, Patriot missiles,…

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