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US approves first-ever military aid to Taiwan through program typically used for sovereign nations

A Taiwanese soldier holds a Taiwan national flag during the annual Han Kuang military exercises at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Northern Taiwan, July 26, 2023. The Biden administration has approved the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
A Taiwanese soldier holds a Taiwan national flag during the annual Han Kuang military exercises at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Northern Taiwan, July 26, 2023. The Biden administration has approved the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress
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The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday.

The package – which is part of the State Department’s foreign military financing (FMF) program – totals $80 million and will be paid for by US taxpayers.

“FMF will be used to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities through joint and combined defense capability and enhanced maritime domain awareness and maritime security capability,” the department wrote in its notification to Congress that was reviewed by CNN.

A State Department spokesperson confirmed the first-ever transfer.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/30/politics/us-taiwan-foreign-military-financing-program/index.html

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