Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) excoriated the Biden administration for pausing a military aid transfer to Israel due to their unfolding military operations in Rafah.
Graham was able to express his frustration with the administration’s decision on Wednesday during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Austin confirmed to the subcommittee that the administration has paused, but not canceled, a shipment of military aid to Israel due to their concerns over a Rafah operation.
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The U.S. is “currently reviewing some near-term security assistance shipments in the context of unfolding events in Rafah,” he said, while Graham called the administration’s policy “obscene” and “absurd.”
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