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Congressional Committee Approves Defense Trade Agreements

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Friday, September 24th, 2010

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The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sept. 21 approved by voice vote ice vote resolutions of ratification for Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties between the United States and the United Kingdom and between the United States and Australia, sending the treaties to the full Senate for advice and consent to ratification. The Committee also approved legislation Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) crafted that will implement the treaties in the United States. After the vote, Kerry said,…

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