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House bill would reinforce Israel's 'qualitative military edge' by Ed Adamczyk Washington DC (UPI) Oct 05, 2020 Legislation was introduced in the U.S. House which essentially guarantees Israel's qualitative military edge over Middle East countries. The bill, led by Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., calls for a commitment to Israel's qualitative military edge, a legislated U.S. pledge to Israel under the Arms Export Control Act. "This bill strengthens that commitment and reminds the administration of its obligations under the law," Schneider said in a statement. Introduced Friday, the legislation comes after Israeli concerns that President Donald Trump's administration plans to sell F-35 fighter planes to the United Arab Emirates. Israel is currently the only Middle East country with the advanced fighter planes, and the UAE purchase could destabilize a balance of power, members of Congress have warned. "With all due respect, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if Israel's the only country in the Middle East that has F-35s, that selling it to someone else no longer produces that qualitative military edge in the air," Sen. Bob Menendez, R-N.J., said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Sept. 24. Schneider was joined in submitting the House bill on Friday by two Republicans and 13 Democrats, which seeks to reaffirm the role of congressional consultation regarding Israel's qualitative military edge, a practice employed since the 1960s, in U.S. sale of arms, they said. The bill would require the White House to report to Congress on how any arms sale would impact Israel within 60 days. While not providing Israel with blanket veto power over U.S. sales, "Israel is our single most important ally in the Middle East, and Congress will not let any President undermine her security with unapproved weapons sales," Schneider said.
Military children born overseas get automatic citizenship -- again Washington DC (UPI) Sep 22, 2020 Military children who are not American citizens will be able to obtain citizenship automatically, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced. The Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act, passed by Congress in March and implemented this month, grants automatic citizenship to military children who are living with an American parent stationed overseas and to children whose parents are U.S. government employees living overseas. It's a reversal of a po ... read more
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