This reflected its anxiety about expanding security commitments at a time of declining military budgets and troop withdrawals from Europe.

The Government's program proposes further talks with the Palestinians, provided they fulfill existing security commitments.

Other deputies in Parliament have been pressing for greater security commitments from the West, as well as more compensation.

Although the accord has been held up by a dispute over security commitments, Washington has warned that further settlement actions could undermine the agreement.

A major issue looming for the United States is the long-term affordability of American security commitments.

Then the Senate will be asked to approve the new security commitments to those countries by a two-thirds vote, probably by the spring of 1998.

Our security commitment to the Kingdom remains the same.

Still, the negotiations raise fears about the decoupling of the American security commitment to Europe.

But a sharp disparity continues over belief in American security commitments.

In particular, it was unusual for the United States to enter into broad security commitments with other governments.