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6 f6 |  d& ?3 b* f5 w* i+ m0 T# }! b The Senate is moving quickly to confirm Jacob Lew as ambassador to Israel, holding a hearing on his nomination Wednesday as President Joe Biden visits the region to reinforce U.S. support for Israel and try to ease tensions in itsnew war with Hamas.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing comes as the White House has told lawmakers that it is stanley termoska  considering a request of between $90 billion and $100 billion for the wars in Israel and Ukraine a stanley uk nd for Taiwan as it faces threats from China, according to four people familiar with the conversations. The request to Congress would cover a year, according to another person familiar with the Biden administrations expected request.Lew, a Treasury Secretary under President Barack Obama, was nominated by President Biden last month after Ambassador Tom Nides left the post in July. Democrats say Lews wealth of government experience 鈥?he also served as a White House chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget under Obama 鈥?makes him the right person to fill the post at an important moment in the two countries relationship.SEE MORE: How Congress can help Israel in its war against HamasCommittee Chairman Ben Cardin, D-Md., said Tuesday that Lew, who goes by Jack, is  an outstanding, qualified person  and that it is urgent to have a confir stanley cup usa med ambassador to help Israel as it navigates the war, works to release hostages held by Hamas and deals with increasing concerns about tensions on the northern border with Hezbollah. Hlwv California to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
Alaska voters are facing an election unlike any they ve seen, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who held the state s only U.S. House seat for 49 years. While some of the candidates in the upcoming special primary have name recognition, many are relative unknowns or political novices. The huge number of candidates and the short timeline for holding the election after the March 18 death of Republican U.S. Rep. Don Young has some voters overwhelmed and scrambling to learn more about their options. This will be the first election under a voter-ap stanley nz proved system that ends party primaries, meaning all candidates are on the same one-page ballot.The four cand stanley thermos idates who win the most votes will advance to an August special election, in which ranked-choice voting will be used. The winner of that contest will se stanley canada rve the remainder of Youngs term, which ends in January. A separate set of elections later this year will decide who serves a two-year term beginning in January, theAssociated Press reported.