The Senate Armed Services Committee meeting on Thursday included debate on Qatar’s gift of a Boeing 747 jet to America, which President Donald Trump indicated he’d like to use as a new Air Force One.

Lawmakers from both parties have expressed concerns about the gifted jet, with some questioning whether it might arrive outfitted with security threats. Others say the cost of retrofitting could be very high.

In Thursday debate about the jet, Democrats on the committee offered at least two amendments to block government spending to retrofit the jet, and both were defeated.

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