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Coloradans rejected a proposal to give tax credits for private school tuition, and South Dakotans rebuffed an effort to stop financing schools with property taxes.
He was rebuffed, and the Saudis joined the U.S.-led coalition.
Khallad has said that Iran made a concerted effort to strengthen relations with al Qaeda after the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole, but was rebuffed because Bin Ladin did not want to alienate his supporters in Saudi Arabia.
Incidentally, notes the WSJ , although in his present role Starr has fought hard against the administration's contention that executive privilege shields some key Clinton advisors as well as Hillary, as a U.S. appeals court judge, Starr "seldom rebuffed an assertion of privilege."
Albania appealed to the Allies for control of Kosovo but, considered an insignificant state, was rebuffed in deference to Serbian claims.