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...The US Senate on Thursday voted to move forward with more debate over a new bill to send $60bn in additional funds to Ukraine, giving some hope of a last-gasp breakthrough to secure more lethal aid, but...
...The revelation came as CIA director Bill Burns arrived in Qatar for meetings with the head of the Israeli spy agency and the prime minister of Qatar, which has been involved in brokering a deal to release...
...But the congressional appropriation bill did not authorise the FMF funding. “Observers are watching closely to see if Congress can put its money where its mouth is this year,” added Cooper....
...The White House said Biden had a call Sunday afternoon with Congressional leaders to urge that the bill be passed as soon as possible....
...On Saturday the Senate’s top Republican Mitch McConnell urged Mike Johnson, the Republican House Speaker, to call a vote on the bill without delay....
...“But Congress has to pass . . . our bipartisan national security bill, and they have to do it now.”...
...Ukraine is likely to lose “significant ground in 2024” in its fight against Russia if the US Congress fails to pass a bill to give it additional supplemental funds, CIA director Bill Burns said on Monday...
...The US will “continue to work hard at” negotiating a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, CIA director Bill Burns said....
...The US will “continue to work hard at” negotiating a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, CIA director Bill Burns said after returning from another round of meetings in the Middle East....
...The US continues to help facilitate the hostage talks, with CIA director Bill Burns involved, but the statement on Thursday indicated it considers the onus is now on Israel to make concessions to secure...
...“He has made a lot of progress in doing things that I and my co-CEO Bill Conway should have done,” said Rubenstein. “He has focused us on where our strengths are and where our weaknesses are.”...
...Senate Republicans voted down a bill to provide more funding for Ukraine on Wednesday, leaving Democrats racing to pass a new measure in the chamber, as the White House warned that there was “no alternative...
...Send me the border bill now.”...
...The bill will need 60 votes to advance....
...Unexpectedly, Biden mentioned Riley’s murder but also blamed Republicans for derailing a bipartisan bill to curb immigration at the southern border, adding that he would approach the crisis differently from...
...The undersecretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force last week warned that ongoing military modernisation efforts would be harmed if Congress failed to pass a defence spending bill....
...Barnea and CIA chief Bill Burns most recently held talks with Qatari and Egyptian officials in Paris last month, during which they agreed to the framework deal calling for a six-week pause in hostilities...
...Some 70 US senators out of 100 voted for Biden’s $95bn national security funding bill this week that included money for Israel as well as Ukraine and Taiwan....
...CIA director Bill Burns met Qatari and Israeli officials in Warsaw on Monday to discuss another deal to release hostages from Gaza, a US official said....
...CIA director Bill Burns met with Qatari and Israeli officials in Warsaw on Monday to discuss another deal to release hostages from Gaza, a US official said....
...“The administration is in a very difficult situation . . . it is being perceived as aiding and abetting the humanitarian disaster in Gaza,” says Edward Djerejian, a former US ambassador to Israel under Bill...
...CIA chief Bill Burns also met with Qatari and Israeli officials to discuss the release of more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza....
...The Biden administration has tried to reassure Ukraine and other allies that it remains committed to Kyiv after Republicans last month stripped financing for Ukraine from a bill to fund the US government...
...“We will need a Ukraine funding bill to pass soon and it’s imperative that Speaker McCarthy keep his commitment to the people of Ukraine to ensure that happens,” the official said....
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