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Associated Press: Mystery grows over Trump administration hold on Lebanon aid

By Associated Press.

Published Nov. 23, 2019. Updated Nov. 23 at 3:51 pm

Lebanese demonstrators take part in a civilian Independence Day parade in Beirut's Martyr Square on Nov. 22, 2019, more than a month into protests demanding an overhaul of the entire political system.

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is withholding more than $100 million in U.S. military assistance to Lebanon that has been approved by Congress and is favored by his national security team, an assertion of executive control of foreign aid that is similar to the delay in support for Ukraine at the center of the impeachment inquiry.