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The Government Accountability Office has found that the departments of Defense and State facilitated 194 security cooperation and assistance efforts during fiscal 2016 to help build foreign partners’ capacity to mitigate security-related threats. GAO said Friday DoD ran 56 security cooperation programs for which associated legal authorities did not require the State Department‘s involvement and 87 …

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have begun talks about a possible increase in U.S. military assistance to Israel from $3 billion annually to up to $5 billion under a 10-year agreement, Military.com reported Monday. Bryant Jordan writes Netanyahu met with Obama to discuss the possible extension …