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Review of the Department of State's Role in Arms Transfers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

U.S. Department of State Office of Inspector General

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    The State Department inspector general found that Secretary Mike Pompeo used an emergency certification to proceed with 22 arms-transfer cases worth about $8.1 billion, mostly for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, without normal congressional review.

    Executive summary and emergency-certification analysis

    Trump's administration used an emergency declaration to bypass normal congressional arms-sale review · State's inspector general found the emergency certification complied with the Arms Export Control Act.