A group of lawmakers is planning to request a congressional investigation
of a $418 million U.S. weapons sale to Kenya approved by the Obama
administration on its last day in office.
The sale, approved by the State Department and privately notified to Congress
on January 19, would allow Kenya to buy 14 weaponized crop-duster-like planes —
including two trainer planes and services, for missions against terrorist group al-Shabaab.
The deal was publicly announced the Monday after Trump’s inauguration.
A handful of lawmakers, led by Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC), are questioning why the contract to
produce the planes was awarded to major defense firm L3 Technologies —
which has never produced such a plane — while a smaller, disabled veteran-owned company
in North Carolina that already make those planes at a lower cost was not considered.
Does the Chevy Volt and Solyndra solar ring a bell? Loser!@#0
of a $418 million U.S. weapons sale to Kenya approved by the Obama
administration on its last day in office.
The sale, approved by the State Department and privately notified to Congress
on January 19, would allow Kenya to buy 14 weaponized crop-duster-like planes —
including two trainer planes and services, for missions against terrorist group al-Shabaab.
The deal was publicly announced the Monday after Trump’s inauguration.
A handful of lawmakers, led by Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC), are questioning why the contract to
produce the planes was awarded to major defense firm L3 Technologies —
which has never produced such a plane — while a smaller, disabled veteran-owned company
in North Carolina that already make those planes at a lower cost was not considered.
Does the Chevy Volt and Solyndra solar ring a bell? Loser!@#0