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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman: FMS Process Needs to Speed Up

Valerie Insinna

Friday, January 8th, 2016

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Congress is trying to push the Obama administration to accelerate the pace of foreign military sales (FMS), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) said Friday.During a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, Royce agreed with Pentagon acquisition officials who have criticized the current speed of sales. However, he was mum on whether a change in current law would be necessary to hasten the FMS process.“We've had ongoing discussions with the administration on this in order to try to…

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