‘US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has refused to sign a letter urging President Barack Obama to quickly reach an agreement on a new military aid package for Israel worth more than the current $3 billion per year.
Eighty-three of the 100 senators signed the letter, led by Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Chris Coons. Senator Ted Cruz, a 2016 presidential candidate, was one of the 51 Republican signatories.
The letter was signed by 51 Republican and 32 Democratic senators. However, Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont, was among the 17 senators who didn’t sign the letter.’
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