Export licenses for U.S. allies in 24 hours?

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Washington Pulse - Brief Article

Export licenses for U.S. technologies are notoriously difficult to obtain.

Note only do three government agencies, the State, Defense and Commerce Departments, have varying levels of control over the licenses, but they also take a long time to process and require mountains of supporting documentation.

However, a senior-level Pentagon official said that so far, during Operation Enduring Freedom, export licenses for systems sold to U.S. allies have...