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View Site by Region AfricaCentral EurasiaEast Asia and the PacificEuropeGlobalLatin America and the CaribbeanMiddle East and Click the map to learn more about U.S. security as*istance to a specific region. New Report: Corruption Risks to U.S. Counterterrorism Aid read full story The U.S. Spends Billions in Defense Aid. Is it Working? read full story Check out our updated Weekly Monitor: How US Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror The Trump Administration has proposed over $11 billion in major U.S. arms sales to countries in the Middle East and North Africa in the Total U.S. Arms Sales Notifications for Saudi Arabia in 2017 & 2018 more The Trump Administrations Gun Exports Plan: Implications for National Security and Human Rights As the top firearms exporter, the United States faces significant challenges in trying to prevent the diversion or misuse of U.S. firearms around the world. In FY 2017, the State Department approved over $2.6 billion worth of firearms to over 100 countries. In many of Why Support for U.N.-Backed Anti-Corruption Commission in Guatemala is Vital to U.S. Interests In a rare and strong show of bipartisanship, the leadership of the U.S. Senate and House foreign relations committees wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently expressing support for a United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission in Guatemala. The President In a report released this month, Corruption in the Defense Sector: Identifying Key Risks to U.S. Counterterrorism Aid, SAM found that corruption is rampant among recipients of U.S foreign security aid. The most common misuses of aid include nepotism, bribery, extortion, Corruption in Counterterrorism Aid Programs Fuels Extremist Groups, Says New Report A report released this month by the Center for International Policy’s Security As*istance Monitor finds that U.S. counterterrorism aid intended to bolster U.S. and its allies' efforts to combat violent extremists has also had the unintended consequence