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State Department Approves $7 Billion-Plus Arms Sale to Israel, Notifies Congress

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Congress’s foreign affairs committees have been notified of the latest sale to Israel under the Trump administration.
State Department Approves $7 Billion-Plus Arms Sale to Israel, Notifies Congress
The Department of State building in Washington on Nov. 13, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Nathan Worcester
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WASHINGTON—Amid a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, the U.S. State Department has approved a multibillion-dollar sale of arms and related assistance to Israel.

A spokesperson for the Department of State told The Epoch Times that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the House and Senate committees on foreign relations were notified of the proposed foreign military sales on Feb. 7.

Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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