"The Defense Department is expected to finalize a $10 billion arms deal with Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates next week that will provide missiles, warplanes and troop transports to help them counter any future threat from Iran.
A weeklong visit to the region by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
will culminate a year of secret negotiations on a deal that
Congressional officials said will be second only to the $29.5 billion
sale of F-15 aircraft to Saudi Arabia announced in 2010. But the
delicate balancing act that was necessary in weighing the differing
interests of each nation made it among the most complex ever negotiated."
