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Search results for "US ships 6,500 tons of munitions, equipment to Israel in 24 hours"

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Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2017 in a tweet:
Deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."
By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2017
Tom Cotton stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union:
“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”
By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2024
Social Media stated on October 07, 2023 in social media posts:
“The U.S. is sending $8 billion worth of military aid to Israel.”
By Loreben Tuquero• October 11, 2023
David Perdue stated on April 15, 2015 in press release:
The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
By Nancy Badertscher• April 24, 2015
Allen West stated on June 20, 2011 in a Fox News interview:
In the first 24 to 36 hours of the operation in Libya, "you saw $115 million go downrange because a Tomahawk cruise missile is a little over $1 million each."
By Amy Sherman• June 27, 2011
Mitt Romney stated on January 16, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
The U.S. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."
By Louis Jacobson• January 18, 2012
Donald Trump stated on May 10, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
“Biden wants to immediately stop all aid to Israel.”
By Amy Sherman• May 15, 2024
Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 2, 2020
Michael Sullivan stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail blast:
"If you printed a $1 bill for the entirety of the $14.1 trillion national debt, the resulting pile of money would weigh more than 136 aircraft carriers."
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2011
Brett McGurk stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance:
"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."
By Bill McCarthy• October 22, 2019
Bloggers stated on August 06, 2017 in Internet posts:
U.S. Sen. John McCain "was singlehandedly responsible for starting a fire on (the) USS Forrestal aircraft carrier."
By Joshua Gillin• August 7, 2017
Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in a Facebook reel:
Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”
By Sara Swann• April 2, 2024
Instagram posts stated on January 24, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows explosives disguised as food cans.
By Sara Swann• February 1, 2024
Casey Cagle stated on January 19, 2012 in a speech:
Savannah is home to "the fastest-growing port in the nation."
By Eric Stirgus• January 31, 2012
X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post:
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.”
By Loreben Tuquero• March 27, 2024
Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in an image:
The Beirut explosion was linked to “human trafficking by HRC."
By Daniel Funke• August 7, 2020
Donald Trump stated on November 30, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"We're practically not allowed to use coal any more. What do we do with our coal? We ship it to China and they spew it in the air."
By Louis Jacobson• December 16, 2015
TikTok posts stated on October 24, 2021 in in a TikTok video:
Product shortages are manufactured; goods are stuck in warehouses.
By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 4, 2021
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2024 in Facebook posts:
The ship that struck the Baltimore bridge was controlled by a Chinese company.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2024
Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows a “US-owned cargo ship was just hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen!”
By Madison Czopek• January 16, 2024

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