U.S. drops tellurian rights terms in Bahrain F-16 deal

The Trump administration has told Congress it skeleton to approve a multibillion-dollar sale of F-16 warrior jets to Bahrain but a tellurian rights conditions imposed by a State Department underneath President Barack Obama.

Under Obama, a United States withdrew capitulation before a warrior jet understanding was finalized since it pronounced Bahrain hadn’t taken stairs it had betrothed to urge tellurian rights.

Then a State Department will send a grave presentation to Congress, environment off a final, 30-day examination period, during that Congress could pass a corner fortitude or take other stairs to stop a sale.

Lockheed had lobbied heartily for a sale’s approval, even as rights groups and pro-democracy activists urged a administration not to sale tellurian rights conditions.

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