US News and World Report: Trump to Speed Up U.S. Arms Sales by Reducing Oversight, Sources Say
The White House reportedly plans to change a little-known government procedure that will accelerate some weapons sales abroad.
The White House is pushing to implement as early as March a plan that would make it easier to sell some weapons to foreign partners through a process some say eliminates key regulatory and congressional oversight, government officials and staffers tell U.S. News.
The proposal, first reported by Reuters in September, would affect the sale of small weapons and ammunition, delighting proponents who say the current process is too cumbersome while raising concerns among some experts about the risk of deadly arms falling into the wrong hands.
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