The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it plans to move forward on a new $1 billion sale of arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides say.
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it would send more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday. But it was not immediately known how soon the weapons would be delivered.
By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Tuesday began the early stages of a process to move ahead with a new $1 billion arms deal for Israel, according to two congressional sources. The State Department has now opened discussions with the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Rel…
The package being sent includes about $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, sources said.
The Biden administration on Tuesday began the early stages of a process to move ahead with a new $1 billion arms deal for Israel, according to two congressional sources.
The Biden administration on Tuesday began the early stages of a process to move ahead with a new $1 billion arms deal for Israel, according to two congressional sources.
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it would send more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday.
The Biden administration informally notified Congress on Tuesday that it is continuing to advance a potential $1 billion weapons sale to Israel through the State Department review process, a U.S. official familiar with the process told NBC News.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday. It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms trans…
The $1 billion package is the first arms shipment to Israel since the U.S. held back thousands of bombs earlier this month to keep Israel from using them in Rafah.
The $1 billion package is the first arms shipment to Israel since the U.S. held back thousands of bombs earlier this month to keep Israel from using them in Rafah.
It would be the first arms shipment to Israel to be pushed ahead since the administration halted another arms transfer, consisting of 3,500 bombs of up to 2,000 pounds each.
The notification of the deal to Congress even as the president holds up the delivery of other weapons shows the fine line the administration is trying to walk with its longtime ally.
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