The Donald Trump administration is doubling down on its 3-year-old pitch to Congress to overhaul foreign military aid — and it’s using one of Capitol Hill’s favorite countries to do it.
The State Department’s 2021 budget, released Monday, highlights Tunisia’s request to purchase $500 million in US-made light attack aircraft to bolster the administration's request for $8 billion in global loan authority under the foreign military financing (FMF) program.
