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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she is optimistic that US lawmakers will approve a long-delayed military aid package for Ukraine, after a plan to get the funding bill through Congress was unveiled. Speaking on the sidelines of a G7 foreign ministers meeting on the Italian island of Capri, she said there were “hopeful” signs from the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives. “We have campaigned intensively for this,” Baerbock said of Germany’s position. The House could vote on the massive new military aid package worth $61 billion as soon as Saturday, after Republica…

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