• auzy@lemmy.world
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    The Leahy Laws or Leahy amendments are U.S. human rights laws that prohibit the U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense.

    So it’s actually applied against those 2 offices, not the executive branch.

    And again, she wants a ceasefire…

    You have no way of knowing what’s happening in the background, only what you read about in the news

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      It doesn’t matter what she says she wants. If she authorizes more weapons sales, she’s in violation of both international and domestic law.

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        Which law again?

        As mentioned, Leahy’s law isn’t executive branch it seems according to Wikipedia. So you need to take it up with you Pentagon…