Republicans threaten showdown over UN funding in Gaza

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on "U.S. Strategy to Defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" on Capitol Hill in Washington September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR46NOK

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U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (C) to discuss the sitaution in Iraq in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington June 18, 2014. Also present at the meeting were Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (both not seen).

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Republicans threaten showdown over UN funding in Gaza

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