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Lawmakers Take Bipartisan Aim at Newly Approved Arms Sales to Middle East

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, June 5th, 2019

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Lawmakers Take Bipartisan Aim at Newly Approved Arms Sales to Middle East

Seven senators plan to introduce over 20 separate resolutions to disapprove of President Trump’s recent approval of arms sales to two Middle Eastern countries, which subverted the congressional review process for such sales, while members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee plan similar resolutions in the lower chamber. Seven senators, led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), announced June 5 in a release that they plan to introduce 22 separate Joint Resolutions of Disapproval –…

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]