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BOLTON: That was the negotiation that actually led to Helms- Biden.

COLEMAN: And tell me a little bit about Helms-Biden.

BOLTON: It was an arrangement whereby the United States essentially paid back the arrearages that had been developed during the mid-1990s as a consequence of congressional withholdings because of dissatisfaction with the U.N., in exchange for lowering the U.S.'s assessed share of contributions to the budget.

COLEMAN: But in part, then, it was what I might label playing hard ball, saying Congress is saying we're going to hold back some dues, that led to a resolution of this matter.

BOLTON: The hardest kind of hardball, holding the money back.