A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.
Soldiers and airmen conducted large-scale logistics, maneuver, air defense and parachute training during Exercise Forager 21 and Pacific Iron 21 on Guam and Oceania islands in July.
Austin's first talks in Israel since he became Pentagon chief in January come as the United States seeks to leverage Middle East diplomatic progress made by the Trump administration.