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Dem Lawmakers Press Blinken On Decision To Bypass Congress For Arms Transfers To Israel

Dem Lawmakers Press Blinken On Decision To Bypass Congress For Arms Transfers To Israel
Sen. Elizabeth Warren questions U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2017. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)

A group of Senate and House Democrats are pressing the State Department to provide information on the Biden administration’s recent approval of two emergency arms transfers to Israel that bypassed the Congressional review process. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, led a letter sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeking specifics on why the decision was made to move forward…

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