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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. energy secretary unsure if Saudi nuclear approvals came after Khashoggi killing
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MARCH 28, 2019 / 3:49 PM / UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO
U.S. energy secretary unsure if Saudi nuclear approvals came after Khashoggi killing
Timothy Gardner
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers on Thursday he did not know whether any of the approvals he authorized for U.S. companies to sell nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia were made after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year.
Perry told a Senate hearing he approved some authorizations by U.S. companies to sell preliminary nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia since November 2017, confirming media reports by the Daily Beast and Reuters on Wednesday.
The Department of Energy issued a statement later on Thursday clarifying that it had issued seven such approvals for companies wishing to participate in Saudi Arabias civilian nuclear power program, but pointed out that they do not permit the transfer of nuclear material, equipment or components.
U.S. companies commonly win such approvals, known as Part 810 authorizations, for selling nuclear power know-how abroad and the documents are often kept for the public to access in a room at Energy Department headquarters.
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U.S. energy secretary unsure if Saudi nuclear approvals came after Khashoggi killing
Timothy Gardner
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers on Thursday he did not know whether any of the approvals he authorized for U.S. companies to sell nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia were made after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year.
Perry told a Senate hearing he approved some authorizations by U.S. companies to sell preliminary nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia since November 2017, confirming media reports by the Daily Beast and Reuters on Wednesday.
The Department of Energy issued a statement later on Thursday clarifying that it had issued seven such approvals for companies wishing to participate in Saudi Arabias civilian nuclear power program, but pointed out that they do not permit the transfer of nuclear material, equipment or components.
U.S. companies commonly win such approvals, known as Part 810 authorizations, for selling nuclear power know-how abroad and the documents are often kept for the public to access in a room at Energy Department headquarters.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-nuclearpower-perry/u-s-energy-secretary-unsure-if-saudi-nuclear-approvals-came-after-khashoggi-killing-idUSKCN1R92K4
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U.S. energy secretary unsure if Saudi nuclear approvals came after Khashoggi killing (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2019
OP
Bunch of stupid people work for this president. Don't know, don't remember anything.
notdarkyet
Mar 2019
#1
Agree with the stupidity of the #Trump Admin but they are also just plain devious!!
riversedge
Mar 2019
#2
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)1. Bunch of stupid people work for this president. Don't know, don't remember anything.
riversedge
(70,220 posts)2. Agree with the stupidity of the #Trump Admin but they are also just plain devious!!
FormerOstrich
(2,702 posts)3. and we don't have notes, emails,
or any other forms of documentation which might be able to narrow down that time line.
Plus, we don't have a calendar. We have been busy busy busy and don't know when that pesky journalist got himself killed.
and most of all...WE DON'T CARE if it was before or after....makes no nevermind to us.