Trump wants to sell $8

artappraiser — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 19:03:43 +0000

In reply to Senators Look to Force 22 Votes Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia (including Graham!)

Trump wants to sell $8 billion of new weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE – and prop up a morally indefensible war in Yemen. Some members of Congress are trying to stop him — my latest @guardian https://t.co/qbwbaAUbYp
— Mohamad Bazzi (@BazziNYU) June 8, 2019

Trump administration approved

artappraiser — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:27:00 +0000

In reply to Senators Look to Force 22 Votes Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia (including Graham!)

Trump administration approved Saudi nuclear transfers after Khashoggi murder

By Zachary Basu @ Axios.com, 9 hrs. ago

The Department of Energy approved the transfer of nuclear information from U.S. companies to Saudi Arabia seven times under President Trump, including twice after the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi government, according to a statement from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.).

Details: The transfer of nuclear technical expertise overseas must be approved by the DOE in consultation with the State Department and other government bodies "to protect against the proliferation of nuclear weapons programs," according to Kaine. Following demands from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Trump administration revealed that it approved one such transfer on Oct. 18, 2018 — 16 days after Khashoggi's death — and another on Feb. 18, 2019.

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Trump wants to sell $8

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