The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, working on the foreign assistance authorization program for the fiscal year starting next Oct. 1, has provided an additional $461 million in aid to Israel. The legislation provides $200 million more in loans for military purchases and converts a loan of $261 million in economic aid to a grant of that amount. A similar measure is herding in the House.
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