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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExclusive: Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger arms sales role - sources
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-trump-call-pentagon-diplomats-play-bigger-role-111329813--sector.htmlThe Trump administration is nearing completion of a new "Buy American" plan that calls for U.S. military attaches and diplomats to help drum up billions of dollars more in business overseas for the U.S. weapons industry, going beyond the limited assistance they currently provide, officials said.
President Donald Trump is expected to announce a "whole of government" approach that will also ease export rules on U.S. military exports and give greater weight to the economic benefits for American manufacturers in a decision-making process that has long focused heavily on human rights considerations, according to people familiar with the plan.
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A key policy change would call for embassy staffers around the world to act essentially as a sales force for defense contractors, actively advocating on their behalf. It was unclear, however, what specific guidelines would be established.
But under this more proactive approach, embassy staffers would engage more aggressively with foreign counterparts to push for U.S. arms sales and brief visiting senior U.S. officials so they can help advance pending deals, according to a person familiar with the matter. One senior administration official described the proposal as a "180-degree shift" in the current arms-length approach to foreign weapons sales.
Oh dear gawd.
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Exclusive: Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger arms sales role - sources (Original Post)
Roland99
Jan 2018
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C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)1. What a grotesque policy.
Absolutely repulsive. I'm sickened and ashamed by this so-called President.
elleng
(131,075 posts)2. Not familiar with the Department of Commerce yet, I guess.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)3. Beware of the Military Industrial Complex.
"Them" has now become US. "Make War, Not Love".
underpants
(182,868 posts)4. How does this bring back coal?