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Rick Perry approves nuclear exports to Saudi Arabia over Democratic objections

By John Siciliano
Published March 29, 2019 2:03am ET
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Rick Perry approves nuclear exports to Saudi Arabia over Democratic objections
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry gestures during his and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The United States could impose sanctions on a new Russia-Germany gas pipeline, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday during a visit to Moscow. | (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday took the first major steps to begin sharing U.S. nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia.

The Energy Department said it authorized seven exports of unclassified civil nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia under nuclear technology transfer rules meant only for unclassified technology transfers.

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