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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounces the 'harassment' of US State Department in the Trump impeachment probe during a diplomatic visit to Greece to underline support for a NATO ally and reinforce cooperation. SOUNDBITE
"I can confirm that the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMs at the President's direction," US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters. Biden "quietly directed his national security team to send ATACMs to Ukraine for use inside Ukrainian sovereign territory in February. They started moving as part of the military aid package we announced on March 12th," Patel adds. SOUNDBITE
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says a "full-scale invasion" of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by Israeli forces "would be a mistake." SOUNDBITE
The United States plays down Kenya's announcement it was putting on hold a police mission to Haiti, saying a transition deal will bring a new government as sought by Nairobi. "I would be concerned of course about any delay, but we don't think that there will need to be a delay," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States warns Israel that staging a military push into the southern Gaza city of Rafah without proper planning would run the risk of becoming a "disaster." State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel says Washington has "yet to see any evidence of serious planning for such an operation," adding: "To conduct such an operation right now with no planning and little thought in an area" where one million people are sheltering "would be a disaster." SOUNDBITE
The United States says it has seen some improvement by Israel in narrowing targets in its Gaza offensive as it renews a call on its ally to spare civilians. "We've seen a much more targeted request for evacuations" than in the earlier campaign in the north, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. "So that is an improvement on what's happened before." SOUNDBITE
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