Americas
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Jul- 2019 -30 July
US Senate fails to override Trump’s Saudi weapons sales veto
The US Senate failed to prevent $8 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, after President Donald Trump vetoed resolutions blocking the deal
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24 July
Mark Esper sworn in as US defense secretary
Former soldier Mark Esper was sworn in as US secretary of defense after Senate confirmation, filling America's longest Pentagon leadership vacuum
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23 July
Lockheed Martin reports $14.4 billion in second quarter sales
Lockheed Martin posted net sales of over $14 billion for the second quarter of 2019, along with higher net earnings and cash from operations
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19 July
American ISIS ‘sniper’ charged in US after transfer from SDF custody in Syria
An American who was allegedly an ISIS sniper has been charged in New York after being captured in Syria and repatriated to the US
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18 July
US House votes to block $8.1 billion in Saudi Arabia arms sales
The US House voted to block $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other allies, a rebuke of Donald Trump that will likely lead to a veto by the president
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16 July
Lockheed Martin awarded $492 million HIMARS contract for US, Poland and Romania
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $492 million contract for HIMARS M142 launchers for the US Army and Marine Corps, Poland and Romania
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16 July
US gets third acting defense secretary as Trump nominates Esper for permanent job
US President Donald Trump's administration named its third acting defense secretary in seven months as he nominates Mark Esper for a permanent job
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Jun- 2019 -28 June
In Congress, a long battle over Trump’s Iran and Saudi policies looms
A growing bipartisan alliance of progressive Democrats and libertarian-leaning conservatives is reasserting Congress's role in war
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24 June
As US Navy orders more P-8A Poseidon surveillance planes, Orion squadron flies final mission
The US Navy is phasing out long-time patrol aircraft P-3C Orion in favor of its successor, the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance plane
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20 June
US Senate votes to block $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia
The US Senate voted to block $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies, as legislators outraged with the kingdom delivered a symbolic rebuke to President Donald Trump
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