Pompeo pushes $8.1bn in arms sales citing unnamed Iranian threats

By Garrett Reim2019-05-24T23:21:20

In a controversial move, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, citing unnamed threats from Iran, bypassed approval from the US Congress and pushed through the sale of $8.1 billion of arms to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

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