Van Hollen pushes to strip Israel provisions from NDAA
Sen. Chris Van Hollen led 11 colleagues in urging leaders to remove provisions mandating defense and intelligence cooperation with Israel from the defense bill, fuelling a Senate leadership fight.
What we know
Sen. Van Hollen said he led 11 colleagues in calling on House and Senate leadership to strip defense-bill provisions that mandate defense and intelligence cooperation with Israel. Commentators describe this as part of a broader ideological confrontation with Schumer. Meanwhile, commentary on Gaza criticises Democratic leadership over continued Israeli strikes, an opinion rather than a verified report.
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“Major ideological confrontation underway in the Senate in the leadership fight between Van Hollen and Schumer”
View post →“Today, I led 11 of my Senate colleagues in calling on House & Senate leadership to strip the upcoming defense bill of provisions that MANDATE defense & intelligence cooperation with Israel”
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