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Experts Skeptical On Export Control Reform

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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic Support for Defense Secretary Robert Gates' export-control reform initiative is not robust within the cabinet agencies with authority over international weapons sales, according to a panel of experts on U.S. export policy. Suzanne Palmer, president of Export Compliance Solutions and former State Department official, said creating a single licensing agency would be all but impossible given the State Department's interest in retaining authority over sensitive weapons transfers. "The State Department has been largely silent on the issue…

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