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Understanding the exact legal procedure by which the U.S. government provides military funding to Israel?
I have done a little preliminary research which I would like fact-checked.
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 laid out the rights and limitations the government has for providing foreign aid, ...
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Based on the current/planned cost of the war, is Israel able to sustain the war in Gaza without extra aid from United States?
I wonder based on the current economic situation of Israel, if it could sustain the war against Hamas by itself without external aid.
It is reported that the United States committed over $3.3 billion ...
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How much of the components of Ukranian aid from the US is unconditionally free, with conditions and a simple long-term loan?
Apparently, while Biden did sign a Lend-Lease act specifically for Ukraine (which is like a long-term loan that needs to be repaid), he instead mainly used other US programs to supply economic and ...
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What's the basis for Niger's military to claim that the 2012 accord with the US was 'in violation of the “constitutional and democratic rules”'?
News is that Niger's military government just denounced the 2012 accord with the US that was the basis of the latter's base and operations in Niger.
“The government of Niger, taking into account the ...
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Why was Saudi Arabia not granted the status of "major non-NATO ally" of the US?
The present list of "major non-NATO ally" (MNNA) of the US:
Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, ...
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How much is Lithuania paying/cost-sharing for the US troop presence in their country?
It's been suggested in some comments (and now an answer) to a related Q that the US is expected to demand lest cost sharing from Germany than from South Korea, for US troop presence, because Germany ...
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Why is Europe (Germany in particular) apparently paying so little for US troop presence/protection, compared to South Korea?
CNBC wrote in that 2020 about the cost-sharing agreement for US troop presence in South Korea
In the last one-year, cost-sharing agreement, Seoul agreed to pay roughly $900 million and in ...
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Which countries has the US publicly threatened to sanction if they expel US troops, say, in the past 25 years?
Back in 2020,
When Iraq’s parliament voted to expel American troops from the country Sunday, it was an apparent bid by the government to extract the country from an escalating US-Iran proxy war. [...]...
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Has the Niger junta explained why they expelled French but not US troops?
The Niger junta that took power this summer expelled French but not US troops. From what I can tell, France had about 1,500 troops there, and the US has about 1,100 (or maybe just 600--sources differ ...
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Have any prominent politicians in the US called for US troops to leave Iraq this year?
Some US politicians, like DeSantis, have said US troops in Iraq are just "sitting ducks", at their present strength, so called for either a surge or departure.
“We’ve got troops in Syria ...
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To what extent has the war on terror in the Somalia achieved its goals?
Has it been at all effective in getting rid of Al-Shabaab? How has it affected the region?
Edit: I mean the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa.
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How does the instability of the budgeting process by the U.S. government makes it more difficult for the U.S. military to produce a clean audit?
“When it comes to the Pentagon audits, steady progress is the name of
the game versus clean audits quickly,” said Mackenzie Eaglen, a senior
fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. “Almost every ...
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What US law(s) require countries receiving US military assistance to abide by international law, do these laws have teeth, get enforced, & if so, how?
In Face The Nation's December 18, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a "difficult partner," Sen. Chris Coons says (cued at 05:23), Delaware Senator Chris Coons is asked ...
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Is anyone held accountable when the Pentagon fails its audit?
Bloomberg reports that:
The US Defense Department failed for the sixth consecutive year to
score a clean financial audit, a goal routinely achieved annually by
businesses that have a fraction of its $...
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What "small military installation" did the US have in Cambodia as recently as 2019 (per Gannett graphic), and what was/is its function?
In an animated graphic embedded in CNN"s December 9, 2023 Study says US military intervention in the world is backfiring a dark gray dot indicating "small military installation" appears ...
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