Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Frank Verrastro, director of the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Arms Sales to OPEC at Risk over Oil -- Senators."
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Frank Verrastro, director of the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Arms Sales to OPEC at Risk over Oil -- Senators."
Democrats in the U.S. Senate stepped up their attacks on OPEC oil producers on Thursday, threatening to block billions of dollars in arms sales to suppliers such as Saudi Arabia if they fail to take action to tame record oil prices.
Tying oil prices to arms sales could motivate Middle East producers to seek cozier arms-for-oil agreements with countries such as Russia and China, said Frank Verrastro, an energy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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