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Trump Administration Pushes Arms Sales At Farnborough; Offering Patriots To Turkey

Friday, July 20th, 2018

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President Donald Trump on July 13 approved the implementation plan of his administration’s reforms to the Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) policy, an attempt to push more international defense trade deals.The policy change is intended to better align conventional arms transfers with U.S. national security and economic interests.The White House first announced policy changes last April to better compete with foreign defense competitors like Russia and China.On July 16, Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, acting assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of…

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