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State Department Official to Discuss, Advocate for Defense Trade at Dubai Air Show

A top State Department official will advocate for U.S. aerospace technology companies at the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai Air Show Nov. 17-19, the State Department said in a Nov. 14 press release. R. Clarke Cooper, assistant secretary of state for…

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political-military affairs, will hold meetings on “defense trade issues” with senior officials from the UAE and other countries, the State Department said. Cooper, along with senior representatives from the Defense and Commerce departments, also plans to meet with industry executives “to promote and advocate for more than 200 U.S. companies exhibiting the latest aerospace technologies.” Allowing allies to “more easily obtain” U.S. defense goods improves U.S. national security, the press release said.