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[–] derram 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

https://archive.ph/vREO7 :

2019-05-24 | Trump Administration Declares Fake Emergency to Sell Weapons to Saudi Arabia

'Menendez previously held up $2 billion in sales of precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia and the UAE over human rights concerns. '

'The Trump administration chose the Friday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend to invoke an obscure state-of-emergency provision that would allow it to sell billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without giving Congress a chance to block the sale. '

'In the days after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, for example, President George H.W. Bush invoked it to transfer M60 tanks and F-15 aircraft to Saudi Arabia to secure its northeastern border. '

'In the past, presidents who invoked the provision have been able to point to time-sensitive emergencies that justified going around Congress. '

'Under the 1976 Arms Export Control Act, the State Department must notify Congress 30 days before concluding an arms sale, which gives Congress the chance to vote on halting the weapons transfer. '


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