Top House Armed Services Dem: Biden should have kept Israel aid pause quiet

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said President Joe Biden should not have announced his plans to withhold weapons from Israel. “I don’t think he should have done it publicly,” Smith said Friday on CNN. “I think the private conversations were very appropriate.” Why it matters: It’s rare for a Democrat to break with Biden, and for…