"You’ve probably never heard of Charles Faulkner. Turns out he’s Donald Trump’s Acting Assistant Secretary of State. It also turns out, he’s the reason Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lied to Congress last week to keep U.S. weapons flowing into Yemen."

"Why? Well, Charles Faulkner just so happened to previously make a living by lobbying for Raytheon, the massive arms maker. And Raytheon happens to have a $2 billion arms sale to the Saudis and UAE sitting in legislative limbo right now."

"Earlier this year, Congress passed a law to force some action by the Trump Administration in Yemen. They gave the Secretary of State a choice: Certify that Saudi Arabia and the UAE were doing everything they could to stop the suffering in Yemen, or stop U.S. military support .."

..".for this deadly war.
Days ago, Pompeo chose to keep the U.S. fueling the war in Yemen, ignoring the advice of our career diplomats and listening instead to former Raytheon lobbyist Charles Faulkner."..

"It’s now clear that Secretary Pompeo outright lied about the horrors we’re fueling in Yemen to protect Raytheon’s profits. This takes putting profits over people to a whole new, disgusting level."..

."Congress has the power to stop all this. The arms sales. The military support. Stop the suffering in Yemen. But they won’t act unless we make them. Right now, arms makers like Raytheon and foreign powers like SA & UAE are trying every trick in the book to keep bombs dropping."