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Mast blames Meeks for pause of $1 billion arms sale to Israel

By Rachel Schilke
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A $1 billion arms sale package to Israel was paused by a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first foreign leader to visit President Donald Trump since he returned to the White House.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) told the Washington Examiner that ranking member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) paused the sale.

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