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October 2, 2008

Admin Backs $15B Fighter Jet Sale to Israel
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The Bush administration has approved a new $15 billion sale of advanced
military fighter jets to the Israeli government. Aided by US funding,
Israel will buy twenty-five Joint Strike Fighter aircraft built by the
military contractor Lockheed Martin.



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