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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Aug 6, 2020, 08:34 PM Aug 2020

Senators introduce bill to block Trump armed drone sale measure

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bill that would ban the sale of large armed drones to all nations other than close U.S. allies.

The legislation was crafted in response to the Trump administration's move last month to circumvent a 33-year-old arms treaty and sell more large armed drones to foreign militaries.

President Trump signed a measure to allow U.S. defense contractors to sidestep one part of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a 1987 agreement between 35 countries, to allow U.S. firms to sell the drones to foreign governments previously banned from purchasing such products.

Countries that may now purchase the advanced drones include Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have used U.S.-produced weapons in Yemen's deadly civil war.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senators-introduce-bill-to-block-trump-armed-drone-sale-measure/ar-BB17F6Kk?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

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Senators introduce bill to block Trump armed drone sale measure (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
He'd sell his mother. Karadeniz Aug 2020 #1
Or his daughter. Lochloosa Aug 2020 #2
With a letter of recommendtion. denem Aug 2020 #3
Lol. Lochloosa Aug 2020 #4
I thought he already did! Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #5
trump seems to think that every good rule deserves to be broken at least once. nt crickets Aug 2020 #6
Won't this just face the same fate as every other Bill Trump doesn't like? Nexus2 Aug 2020 #7
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