Data
Events
contact.negotiate.meet
Data: RAMS
Negative Trigger
Then
the
Pentagon
helps
negotiate
the
terms
of
the
deal
,
notifies
Congress
of
its
details
,
and
collects
the
funds
from
the
foreign
buyer
,
which
it
then
gives
to
the
US
supplier
in
the
form
of
a
defense
contract
.
In
most
deals
,
the
Pentagon
is
also
the
point
of
contact
for
maintenance
and
spare
parts
for
any
US
-
supplied
system
.
The
bureaucracy
that
helps
make
all
of
this
happen
,
the
Defense
Security
Cooperation
Agency
,
is
funded
from
a
3.5
percent
surcharge
on
the
deals
it
negotiates
contact.negotiate.meet
.
This
gives
it
all
the
more
incentive
to
sell
,
sell
,
sell
.
In
its
first
six
years
,
team
Obama
entered
into
agreements
to
sell
more
weaponry
than
any
administration
since
World
War
II
.