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DoD Anticipates Recommended Changes To ITAR Mandates By This Summer

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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

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By Carlo Munoz The Defense Department's acquisition shop hopes to have a set of recommended changes to the current slate of rules governing the export of U.S. military hardware overseas complete by this summer, a senior department official told lawmakers yesterday. Testifying before the Senate Armed Service's emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee, DoD's industrial policy chief Brett Lambert said the need to revamp the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) mandates was a "major area of concern" inside and outside…

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