US Senator Casts Doubt on Arms Sales to Iraq

A powerful U.S. lawmaker says he will block American arms sales to Iraq unless he is satisfied weaponry dispatched will not fall into the hands of radical Islamic insurgents that have overrun large swaths of Iraqi territory.  Senators of both parties pressed administration officials for information about the current state of Iraq’s beleaguered security forces at a hearing Thursday. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democrat Robert Menendez, says Iraq’s military...

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