Top 3 takeaways from Mattis on Capitol Hill
By: Joe Gould   1 day ago
WASHINGTON — Geopolitics dominated Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. Here are three highlights:
1. U.S. arms sales. Mattis wants Congress to add national security waivers to the law that bars U.S. arms sales to any nation that buys Russian arms: the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
The law is hindering new alliances, inadvertently helping Russia, as it’s “boxing us in,†according to Mattis.
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