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U.S. Arms Policy & Sales

  • Bahrain Arms Sale Conditioned on Review
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2011

    The Department of State has tied a $53 million arms sale to Bahrain to the outcome of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry’s (BICI) investigation into alleged human rights abuses committed during protests in the Persian Gulf state in February and March, a department official said in a letter to Capitol Hill last month.
  • House Takes Up Export Reform Debate
    Arms Control Today
    June 2, 2011

    Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony May 12 on the Obama administration’s export control reform initiative, praising and criticizing different aspects of the process.
  • Libya Arms Embargo Precedes Air Strikes
    Arms Control Today
    April 3, 2011

    Key members of the coalition conducting air strikes in Libya to protect opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi were until recently selling arms to the Gaddafi regime.

  • Proposed U.S. Arms Sales Reach New Heights
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    The Obama administration last year notified Congress of more than $100 billion of potential arms sales, shattering the old record of $75 billion. The Middle East accounted for the bulk of the potential sales.

  • Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    February 3, 2011

    February 2011
  • Saudi Arms Deal Moves Forward
    Arms Control Today
    December 5, 2010
  • U.S.-Saudi Arms Deal: Congress Should Take A Closer Look
    Issue Briefs
    November 12, 2010

    Volume 1, Number 29

    The initial 30-day clock for Congress to review the $60 billion U.S.-Saudi arms deal expires next week. Although some members of Congress have promised to fight it, lawmakers will have little time to muster a joint resolution of disapproval required to stop it at this stage, should they want to do so. Nonetheless, the unprecedented size of this deal warrants Congressional hearings and greater oversight.
  • News Briefs
    Arms Control Today
    November 4, 2010
  • Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: The United States
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    October 29, 2010

    October 2010
  • U.S. Arms Deals Decline in Shrinking Market
    Arms Control Today
    October 5, 2010

    Although the United States retained its place as the world’s top arms supplier, its share of conventional arms agreements dropped in a shrinking 2009 global market, according to a recent Congressional Research Service report.

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