To resume military aid to a country that is secretly developing nuclear weapons and defying American nonproliferation policy makes no sense.

Congress would be asked to resume aid to the rebels if there was no agreement on negotiations by Sept. 30.

But it was the first industrialized country to resume economic aid to China and to exchange high-level government visits.

But the president eased up recently after it became clear that France and other international creditors would not resume badly needed aid unless he did.

Now Washington can begin to think about resuming aid.

A short time later, the Administration asked Congress to resume military aid to Jordan.

The Europeans are eager to resume aid, but all that leverage will be lost if they settle for words rather than deeds.

Congress later resumed aid to the Contras, totaling over $300 million.

The fund's decision on resuming aid is seen as critical to Kenya's economic future.

A few days later, the UN resumed aid after the missing supplies had been returned.