Author: Patricia Zengerle
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House OKs $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system
WASHINGTON • The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to give $1 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome missile-defense system, two days after objections from the most liberal Democrats forced leaders to remove it from a broader spending bill. The measure passed by 420 to 9 — eight no’s from Democrats and…
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Cheney to be vice chair of U.S. House panel on Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON • U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney will serve as vice chair of the congressional select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, an appointment likely to draw the ire of some of her fellow Republicans. Bennie Thompson, the panel’s Democratic chairman, announced the appointment in a statement on Thursday that said…
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Blame game begins over turbulent U.S. exit from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON • A week into the evacuation from Kabul, the U.S. military was forced to take a drastic step: stop flights from Hamid Karzai International Airport for seven hours because there was nowhere for the evacuees to go. For months, military officials had urged the U.S. State Department to convince other countries to take Afghans…
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U.S. lawmakers to probe Biden administration over Afghanistan
WASHINGTON • Members of the U.S. Congress, including many of President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats, said on Tuesday they were increasingly frustrated with events in Afghanistan, vowing to investigate what went wrong. “The events of recent days have been the culmination of a series of mistakes made by Republican and Democratic administrations over the past…