The Asian Age

DRONE SALE IS CLEARED

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Washington, April 20: US President Donald Trump has ordered government agencies to expedite and expand arms sales abroad, including exports of advanced drones to reinforce allied armies, the White House has said, a move expected to be helpful to countries like India. He has also establishe­d a new administra­tion policy on the export of Americanm a n u f a c t u r e d unmanned aerial systems ( UAS), White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said.

The move is expected to help countries like India, which is seeking to purchase large number of armed and surveillan­ce drones.

President Trump signed a National Security Presidenti­al Memorandum approving a new Convention­al Arms Transfer ( CAT) policy, Sanders had said.

The new CAT policy reflects priorities set out in President’s National Security Strategy and provides a framework under which all US agencies will review and evaluate arms transfers and approve commercial defence sales by American companies, she said. never prostitute­s” about his 2013 trip to Moscow.

Trump, according to the memos, repeatedly denied the allegation­s and prodded Comey to help disprove them, while also recalling being told by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia has the most beautiful prostitute­s, it said. According to The Hill, the memos detail Comey’s account of several now- famous incidents including the request that Comey “let go” of the Flynn probe.

Expressing frustratio­n over the leaks, in one of the memos Trump is suggesting jailing reporters to find out what they know. Comey, told Trump that he was “eager to find leakers and would like to nail one to the door as a message,” but explained that prosecutin­g reporters was “tricky”.

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