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

Monday, July 16th, 2018

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

Raytheon's Patriot air and missile defense system. (Photo: Raytheon)

President Donald Trump on Friday 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 (Defense Daily, April 19).On Monday, Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, acting assistant Secretary of State for the…

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