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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Cutter has offered President Trump a plane

that could replace Air Force One, and Trump says he's not one to turn down that kind of offer.

The president is on his way to the Middle East today and will be visiting Qatar later this

week. Here's NPR's deepest Chevron.

In remarks from the White House, Trump said Air Force 1 jets were old and that replacements from

Boeing had been delayed, and that maintenance of the existing planes was very costly.

I could be a stupid person and say, no, we don't want a free, very expensive airplane, but I thought

it was a great gesture.

Trump says the plane would be decommissioned after his term for his presidential

library, and he says he would not use the plane after leaving office.

The White House says the plane would be a, quote, donation to the Department of Defense,

the legal details of which are still being worked out. Congress is also looking to weigh in on the matter.

Deepa Shiverham and PR News. The Episcopal Church says it will end its decades-long partnership

with the U.S. government after being asked to resettle a group of white Afrikaners who arrived in the U.S. today.

As Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service reports, the Trump administration has controversially deemed them refugees.

Episcopal Church presiding bishop, the most Reverend Sean W. Rowe, explained in a letter that the request crossed a moral line, citing the church's, quote, steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation, and are historic ties with the Anglican

Church of Southern Africa. The Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion,

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