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No.368
02/08/13
Sunday afternoon, President Obama signed a Presidential memorandum, http://tinyurl.com/8nc6xaa stating: I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA [Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008] with respect to Libya, South Sudan, and Yemen and the issuance of licenses for direct commercial sales of U.S. origin defense articles; and I hereby waive such provisions accordingly. Section 404(a) deals with exporting arms to countries that allow child-soldiers. With the stroke of a pen, President Obama did two very frightening things: 1. He authorized the United States to sell military weaponry to the nations of Libya, South Sudan, Yemen and Congo. At a time with such unrest in the
world, there is now a very significant chance that American weaponry will Libyan port. 2. President Obama has undone much of the progress made in the fight against child-soldiers won over the past decade. Jesse Eaves, a senior policy advisor for child protection at World Vision stated the following: At a time when Congress is locked in one of the most difficult budget battles Ive ever seen, it is shameful that a portion of federal funding continues to help support governments who are abusing children. At its core, this is a missed opportunity to show leadership on this issue and protect thousands of vulnerable children around the world, adding, Frankly, we expected more from our nations leaders. Unfortunately, as first stated, this is a headline that you simply will not see run across the screen of MSNBC.
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