Cheap shot! It takes both sides of Congress to approve of the weapons sales. One side is not enough. Then the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs oversees most government-to-government arms transfers and commercial export licensing of U.S.-origin defense equipment and technologies, consistent with the Arms Export Control Act, the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 , the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and other statutory authorities and relevant international agreements.