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By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

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c Foreign Deal. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approves on June 27 an authorization bill for the State Department, which has not been guided by such a policy-setting law since 2002. The fiscal year 2013 Foreign Relations Authorization Act “establishes important jurisdiction and oversight authorities in the expanding fields of cybersecurity, counterterrorism communications, and arms-export controls,” Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) says in an opening statement for the bill's markup session. She adds: “It helps American businesses by modifying Arms Export Control authorities…

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