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.
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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.