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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

US frigate donation halted ‘temporarily’

USS Halyburton A U.S bill anticipating the donation of two frigates to Turkey with the authorization of President Barack Obama has failed due to technical, not political, reasons, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.

“Debates on the issue of the fiscal cliff kept the House of Representatives occupied for a long time.

Thus, when the bill came to the Senate, there was a time pressure,” sources told the Hürriyet Daily News, explaining why the bill seeking permission to donate guided missile frigates to Turkey, Thailand and Mexico, could not be ratified by the Senate before the end of the legislative term on Jan. 3.

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