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Senate Votes Down Measures Aimed At Blocking $23 Billion Arms Sale To UAE

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, December 10th, 2020

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Senate Votes Down Measures Aimed At Blocking $23 Billion Arms Sale To UAE

F-35As sit on the flight line at Hill AFB, Utah on Jan. 6, 2020. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Senate on Wednesday evening voted down two measures aimed at blocking the White House’s planned $23 billion arms sale to the United Arab Emirates. The resolutions, introduced by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), would have looked to stop the sale over concerns UAE could use the equipment in the ongoing conflict in Yemen and potentially transfer sensitive information on the military hardware to Russia or China. “Rushing through massive sales of Reaper drones…

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