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The U.S. State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to Taiwan of fighter jet spare and repair parts for $330 million, the Pentagon said late on Thursday. "The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) has requested to buy non-standard components,