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White House Denies Turkey Arms Ultimatum
(Politico) Laura Rozen - The White House denied a report Monday that the U.S. has threatened Turkey with potentially withholding future arms sales because of its tougher stance towards Israel and vote against UN Iran sanctions. Obama "emphatically denied" a Financial Times story saying the president had told Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan that future arms sales would be contingent on softening his anti-Israel talk.