The United States and Qatar are days away from finalizing an agreement for a Boeing jet that will be used as Air Force One, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Qatari counterpart earlier this month signed an agreement outlining the terms of Qatar’s “unconditional donation,” multiple outlets have reported.

The Washington Post first reported that the U.S. and Qatar are expected to finalize an agreement next week — even as the Pentagon months ago said the deal was complete — and that an outline on the terms of the deal was signed on July 7 by Hegseth and Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Qatar’s deputy prime minister and minister of state for defense affairs.

That document states the plane is a “bona fide gift” to the Defense Department and that the U.S. will pay nothing to Qatar for its transfer.

“This donation is made in good faith and in the........

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