The State Department has now opened discussions with the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees about the possible sale. The potential sale would include the potential transfer of $700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, one of the congressional sources said. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on the administration’s discussions with Congress about this sale. The sale would still need to be officially notified to Congress and receive congressional approval, which could take years. We have paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs because we do not believe they should be dropped in densely populated cities.