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Administration invoked emergency authority for Saudi and UAE arms sales
- Event date
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- Elections, January 6, and institutional conduct
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- Documented historical event
The administration invoked emergency authority to proceed with $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan over congressional objections. The State Department inspector general later found the authority was available but criticized the civilian-harm assessment.
Evidence basis
independent-corroboration
Dated sources
- — www.armscontrol.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
- — Associated Press (Independent reporting)
- — www.axios.com (Independent reporting)
- — www.justsecurity.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
- — www.forumarmstrade.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
- — www.cambridge.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
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Administration invoked emergency authority for Saudi and UAE arms sales. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2019-05-24-saudi-uae-arms-sale-emergency/
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