Joe Gould
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 06:08
According to the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a decision on Qatar's purchase of 73 F-15 Silent Eagles may come soon.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 06:25
Despite calls from Pentagon officials, foreign leaders and industry executives that the foreign military sales (FMS) process must be changed, the Congress appears highly unlikely to take up any such efforts before the end of the Obama administration. Congressional sources and analysts agree that there simply isn’t enough interest to push through meaningful reforms in the next nine months on the FMS issue, given both its complexity and global sensitivities to weapon sales.
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 06:29
Despite calls from Pentagon officials, foreign leaders and industry executives that the foreign military sales (FMS) process must be changed, the Congress appears highly unlikely to take up any such efforts before the end of the Obama administration.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 06:13
Coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State group have grown more effective because intelligence has improved, as has training for U.S. proxy forces in Iraq and Syria, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 06:39
A measure to block the $700 million sale of eight U.S. F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan was scuttled in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, though U.S. financing for the deal was on hold.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 06:42
A trio of former heavyweight Obama administration officials Tuesday told lawmakers that the Islamic State group has metastasized and the U.S. must intensify its efforts to fight it militarily and politically.
Monday, December 21, 2015 - 07:43
The US Congress overwhelmingly passed, and President Obama signed, the $1.15 trillion omnibus spending measure that contained $572.7 billion for defense in a succession of votes in the House and Senate on Friday.
Monday, December 21, 2015 - 07:27
And while the coalition may be a good sign for an Obama White House that is desperately seeking more aid from Gulf regional allies in the fight against the Islamic State group (also known as ISIL, ISIS and Daesh) it appears little information has been shared with the US about the new coalition, even though the idea came after a recent visit from a top US senator.
Monday, December 14, 2015 - 06:22
As operations in Yemen and Syria continue to deplete military arsenals from Gulf Cooperation Council nations, those countries have publicly campaigned to speed up the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:32
The Pentagon is urgently calling on Congress to lift a hold on $116 million in funding for its rebooted Syria train-and-equip program after Gen. Lloyd Austin, the chief of US Central Command, revealed its stunning failure at a Capitol Hill hearing in September. The $500-million program had only a handful of trained Syrian fighters left.