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HASC Chairman Aims To Ease Barriers To Arms Sales

By Marc Selinger

Monday, May 22nd, 2017

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HASC Chairman Aims To Ease Barriers To Arms Sales

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is exploring ways to make it easier for the United States to sell military equipment to allies, the panel’s chairman said May 22.Lessening bureaucratic barriers to arms sales could allow allies to play a greater role in international security, lessening the burden on the overtaxed U.S. military, Rep. William "Mac" Thornberry (R-Texas) said at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.“We’ve got friends who want to come buy weapons and equipment from us [and are] willing…

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