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Pentagon: U.S. Approves $1 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia

HeadlineAug 10, 2016

This comes as the Pentagon has announced the U.S. has approved a possible $1 billion weapons deal to Saudi Arabia. The deal would include more than 150 tanks and hundreds of machine guns. Human rights organizations have been pressing Congress to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the Saudi-led coalition strikes in Yemen.

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