State Dept. Rescinds Debarment Stemming From AECA Violation
The State Department rescinded its statutory debarment of Dennis Haag after receiving a reinstatement request, the agency said in a notice released Sept. 30. The agency debarred Haag in 2018 for violating the Arms Export Control Act but determined the debarment should no longer apply after conducting a “thorough review of the circumstances surrounding his conviction.” The State Department determined that Haag has taken “appropriate steps to address the causes of the violations sufficient to warrant rescission of his statutory debarment.”
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But the agency said its announcement doesn’t also reinstate Haag’s export privileges, because the “circumstances warranting statutory debarment may be different from those warranting the revocation of export privileges.” The department in 2019 announced the policy to separate debarment and export privileges (see 1903120050).