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POLITICO Magazine
March 17, 2018
The Trump administration condemns Putin's unveiling of a new generation of Russian nuclear weapons. Trump remains silent. Trump's ... State Department notified Congress that it intends to sell some $47 million in antitank missiles to Ukraine for use against Russian aggression. When some top ObamaÃâà...
The Ledger
March 14, 2018
Obama was also in a mood to lead the world in denuclearization, meaning we'd trim down as Russia barged ahead. Putin is right that we could not stop an all-out, devastating attack, but the Trump administration is considering modernization, maybe including ways in which defensive missiles become moreÃâà...
The Intercept
March 14, 2018
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. government and weapons manufacturers are making a killing through arms sales to other countries. ... The most significant sale offers under the Obama administration were for military aircraft, while in the first year of the Trump administration, missile and bomb salesÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 13, 2018
President Trump, shown at the White House last month, has backed off raising the age limit to purchase certain weapons. ... violent movies and video games, how the media covers mass shootings, and whether an Obama-era program to "rethink" school discipline should be dismantled, among other things.
Newsweek
March 13, 2018
U.S. arms sales have surged significantly in the past four years as more weapons flowed to clients involved in violent conflicts in the Middle East, ... director of the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure Programme, said that U.S. arms sales, under the administration of former President Barack Obama, surgedÃâà...
Antiwar.com
March 12, 2018
Most members of Congress accept that the U.S. will sell huge quantities of weapons to the rights-abusing state. ... However, the battle continued throughout the 1980s, with legislators forcing the administration to shelve proposed sales of F-15 fighter jets and maverick missiles to the Saudi kingdom in 1987.
New Jersey Herald
March 11, 2018
Russia didn't like that and Trump doesn't care, seeing as how he is going to sell Poland the missiles it wants. Obama was also in a mood to lead the world in denuclearization, meaning we'd trim down as Russia barged ahead. Putin is right that we could not stop an all-out, devastating attack, but the TrumpÃâà...
Yakima Herald-Republic
March 10, 2018
Oh, Russia, be my dear friend, President Barack Obama once begged, with consequences having at us to this day. But wait, it's President Donald Trump who's accused of playing footsie with those guys. Yes, in his campaign praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was starry eyed, but in policies?
Chippewa Herald
March 10, 2018
Oh, Russia, be my dear friend, President Barack Obama once begged, with consequences having at us to this day. But wait, it's President Donald Trump who's accused of playing footsie with those guys. Yes, in his campaign praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was starry eyed, but in policies?
Chippewa Herald
March 10, 2018
The owners of Marc-On Shooting, Lauer Custom Weaponry and Tilden Gun all sell semi-automatic weapons, a category that includes AR-15 rifles. ... Lauer said his small upswing in gun sales is insignificant compared to the flood of business he had while former President Barack Obama was in office.
Foreign Policy In Focus
March 9, 2018
Most members of Congress accept that the U.S. will sell huge quantities of weapons to the rights-abusing state. ... However, the battle continued throughout the 1980s, with legislators forcing the administration to shelve proposed sales of F-15 fighter jets and maverick missiles to the Saudi kingdom in 1987.
Chicago Tribune
March 1, 2018
... plan to sell the missiles to Ukraine in December, but no weapons have been delivered because the administration hadn't completed the formal process. Following the administration's written notification to Congress on Thursday, lawmakers now have a 30-day window to block the sale if they disapprove.
New York Magazine
February 23, 2018
Texas Gun manager Gina Brewer, photographed in June 2009, insists that her store in San Antonio has not sold weapons to Mexican drug cartel ... guns were American, but many of them undoubtedly were, considering that the U.S. was the top small arms exporter in 2013, making $1.1 billion in sales.
Common Dreams
December 31, 1999
The study was released as peace activists and some lawmakers have called for an end to U.S. arms sales to countries including Saudi Arabia. The Saudis, now the world's second-largest weapons importers, have led a military coalition against the Houthi rebels in Yemen since 2015 using weapons andÃâà...
Vox
December 31, 1999
(It's important to note that a single background check doesn't correlate to a single sale because about 40 percent of gun sales are made without a ... When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, background checks skyrocketed and increased steadily throughout his term — especially after the SandyÃâà...
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