U.S. Senator against subsidized sale of F-16s to Pakistan

Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Corker, wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry that he is against the subsidized sale of eight F-16s to Pakistan.

Pakistani F-16
By United States Air Force (USAF news article (direct link)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Corker added that he is not against the sale if Pakistan funds the purchase with its own money.

“I do not want U.S. taxpayer dollars going to support these acquisitions,” Mr. Corker said in an interview.

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