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"It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye."

George P. Shultz, American Public Servant

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"It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye."

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"It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye."

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