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, Deyoung, 14.2M) reports the State Department said Monday that "a final report signed by the acting inspector general found that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not violate the law when he declared a state of emergency to bypass congressional refusal to approve an $8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia." D

he report." Lebanese Government Resigns Amid Protests Over Beirut Explosion. Reuters (8/10, Georgy) reports that on Monday, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his government is resigning, "saying a huge explosion that devastated Beirut and triggered public outrage was the result of endemic corru

amounting to 'workplace violence.— Politico says the Department's response "is fresh evidence of the lingering tensions between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the watchdog office" following the firing of Inspector General Steve Linick. Politico says the IG report "asserts that two senior officials in t

that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures," calling it "unacceptable." Prime Minister Hassan Diab "told the nation there would be accountability for the deadly blast" at what he called a "dangerous warehouse." The Washington Examiner (8/4, Halas

, Deyoung, 14.2M) reports the State Department said Monday that "a final report signed by the acting inspector general found that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not violate the law when he declared a state of emergency to bypass congressional refusal to approve an $8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia." D

he report." Lebanese Government Resigns Amid Protests Over Beirut Explosion. Reuters (8/10, Georgy) reports that on Monday, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his government is resigning, "saying a huge explosion that devastated Beirut and triggered public outrage was the result of endemic corru