Defense industry officials said Wednesday that foreign military sales are even more important to the defense industrial base as domestic spending shrinks, as they urged lawmakers to simplify the process.

Even though recent budget deals have provided some relief from sequestration, the military is drawing down and tight budgets have reduced the amount the U.S. government is spending on defense priorities.

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