Turns out that Pompeo didn't just ignore Congress to sell those arms to Saudis, he was told by NSC, Pentagon, State & Intel officials not to do it..
But he did it anyway..that is scary!
#ThursdayThoughts
politico.com/news/2020/05/2…
But he did it anyway..that is scary!
#ThursdayThoughts
politico.com/news/2020/05/2…
2-“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo disregarded the advice of high-level officials at the State Department, Pentagon and within the intelligence community in invoking an emergency waiver last year to circumvent congressional review of billions of dollars in arms sales to the
3-"U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region, according to two former administration officials and three congressional sources. .. During meetings last spring of the National Security Council at several levels, high-level career and political officials from the Pentagon,
4-"State Department and intelligence community agreed that there had been no change in Tehran’s behavior to justify invoking emergency authorities and advised against doing so, according to a former administration official who attended the meetings." ~politico
