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U.S. Arms Export Treaties Face Hurdles in Senate
By William Matthews, Defense News, 17 August 2009
Work is resuming on two defense trade treaties stalled for more than a year in the U.S. Senate, but it remains unclear whether the new activity will lead to the treaties’ ratification by the Senate or their burial by legislation in the House.
The treaties are intended to eliminate the need for most of the export licenses that are now required when U.S. companies sell military goods and services to the United Kingdom and Australia.
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A little more than a century ago, an aircraft took off from a wind-swept sand dune at Kitty Hawk on a controlled, heavier-than-air flight and changed the world forever. Powering that flight was a tiny aluminum-encased custom-made, gasoline-fueled engine that produced 12 horsepower – about the same as a riding lawn mower.
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