New arms transfer policy seeks to promote U.S. weapons abroad

The White House wants to elevate the goal of creating American jobs and boost the U.S. defense industry when considering weapons exports to foreign nations under a new conventional arms policy unveiled on Thursday. The policy includes “economic security” in the U.S. government's criteria for selling weapons to other countries, administration officials said in a conference call with reporters . They said the goal was to increase international sales of U.S. weapons and bolster the defense industry's trade surplus. “How...