Feb 05

Bush Gets it Right on Small Arms Threat Reduction

Arms Trade, Man-portable Air Defense Systems, Matt Schroeder, United States No Comments » Print This Post

The President’s foreign aid budget request for FY2008 contains an unexpected and laudable surprise: a five-fold increase in funding for the State Department’s Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction initiaitive. If approved by Congress, the additional funding will bolster US efforts to stem the illicit trade in deadly light weapons.
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written by Matt Schroeder