State arms control official casts FMS criticisms as 'mythology'

By Tony Bertuca / March 23, 2016 at 5:40 PM
The State Department's top official charged with overseeing arms control and international security struck a different tone from some Pentagon officials Tuesday when she defended the U.S. foreign military sales system that has often been characterized as sluggish and inefficient. Rose Gottemoeller, under secretary for arms control and international security, told defense reporters at a breakfast in Washington that she did not believe the FMS process needed to be accelerated. "I understand that there's a kind of mythology out there...

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