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Offline rangerrebew

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Defense spending bill would defund Biden’s Gaza pier
« on: June 14, 2024, 01:03:28 pm »
Defense spending bill would defund Biden’s Gaza pier
By Bryant Harris
 Jun 13, 2024, 04:50 PM

 
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced its fiscal 2025 defense spending bill while adding a provision that would eliminate the military’s makeshift pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip, which has struggled to deliver an adequate level of humanitarian aid to Palestinians facing famine-like conditions.

The committee voted 34-25 along party lines to send the $833 billion bill to the House floor with Democrats objecting to the provision that would shut down the pier, which will cost anywhere between $230 and $320 million according to Pentagon estimates.


The amendment from Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., bans the Defense Department from building or maintaining a pier or Joint-Logistics-Over-the-Shore capabilities “in the vicinity of Gaza.”

https://www.militarytimes.com/congress/2024/06/13/defense-spending-bill-would-defund-bidens-gaza-pier/
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Re: Defense spending bill would defund Biden’s Gaza pier
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2024, 01:11:19 pm »
Let the United Nations or the Arab League do that crap.

If anyone should pay for it, it should be Iran and Qatar.  Their support of Hamas led to this mess.

Americans need to be vigilant against mission creep that could lead to another Beirut, Mogadishu, etc.
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