Export control experts wanted at the Pentagon.

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Before leaving office this summer, former defense acquisition chief Kenneth Krieg approved thee launch of a new career track at the Pentagon for those who want to specialize in international export controls.

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The move is one of many efforts the Pentagon is pursuing to better manage the export license requests from foreign countries that want to buy U.S. weapons, said Al Volkman, director of international cooperation at the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. These requests now take weeks or months to be...