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July 30, 2012

Obama Unveils New Military Aid to Israel 
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As Mitt Romney headed to Israel, President Obama took new steps to
display his support for Israeli government policies. On Friday, Obama
announced a new measure to increase military aid to Israel. Speaking to
reporters, Obama correctly said the aid was worth $70 million —
but then, apparently thinking he had made a mistake — stopped
himself to wrongly claim the aid was in fact worth $70 billion.

President Obama: "I have made it a top priority for my administration to
deepen cooperation with Israel across the whole spectrum of security
issues, intelligence, military, technology and in many ways what this
legislation does is bring together all the outstanding cooperation that
we have seen really at an unprecedented level between our two countries
to underscore our unshakable commitment to Israel's security. I'm also
very pleased that this week we are going to be able to announce $70
million dollars in additional spending, $70 billion dollars excuse me,
in additional spending for Iron Dome."

 

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