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Twelve senators ask Congress to drop a Gillibrand-backed U.S.-Israel defense technology initiative from the final defense bill

A provision Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand co-wrote would create a U.S.-Israel defense technology initiative at the Pentagon. It is in both chambers’ defense bills, and 12 senators led by Chris Van Hollen want it dropped. Here is what the text says, how WNY’s members voted and who decides.

An Iron Dome missile defense battery deployed in a field near Ashkelon, Israel

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