Obama OK’s Sudan, Chad, Yemen, and Dem Rep Congo using children as soldiers
November 10, 2010 mrmcgoo
Obama Exempts Four Countries from Law Barring U.S. Military Assistance to Nations Using Child Soldiers
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
By J. Brady Howell
Child soldiers
(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama has exempted four countries from a law that restricts the United States from providing military aid to governments that employ child soldiers, and a Republican congressman who co-wrote the law wants to know why.
A memorandum signed by Obama and released by the White House on Oct. 25 claims that the exemptions are due to “national interest.” The countries exempted are Sudan, Chad, Yemen, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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