US to sell $67.9 billion in weapons sale in FY 2019

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This does not include follow-up support and maintenance programs for the equipment sold.

The number, spread across 64 individual procurement requests from 28 different countries and a NATO consortium, represents the second year in a row that the overall value of foreign military sales requests have slightly declined. But the total still represents almost double the total cleared by the State Department in fiscal year 2016.

But, here’s the kicker. These sales aren’t final until Congress approves them! And the House seems to be so busy trying to undo a valid presidential election that they will probably never get to approving them.

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