The Biden administration has established a new system for responding to incidents in which foreign forces are suspected of using American-made weapons to injure or kill civilians, a first-of-its-kind initiative in an ongoing effort to minimize the human toll of U.S. arms exports and military operations worldwide.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Biden administration will track civilian deaths from U.S.-supplied arms
New program will have officials investigate reports of foreign governments using American-made weapons against non-combatants
By Missy Ryan
Updated September 13, 2023 at 3:37 p.m. EDT|Published September 13, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT