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Exclusive - State Department revolt: Tillerson accused of violating U.S. law on child soldiers

Jason Szep, Matt Spetalnick NOVEMBER 21, 2017 / 6:06 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO 9 MIN READ
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-tillerson-childsoldiers-exclusive/exclusive-state-department-revolt-tillerson-accused-of-violating-u-s-law-on-child-soldiers-idUKKBN1DL0EC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal government documents reviewed by Reuters.

A confidential State Department “dissent” memo not previously reported said Tillerson breached the Child Soldiers Prevention Act when he decided in June to exclude Iraq, Myanmar, and Afghanistan from a U.S. list of offenders in the use of child soldiers. This was despite the department publicly acknowledging that children were being conscripted in those countries.[tmsnrt.rs/2jJ7pav]
http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/USA-TILLERSON-CHILDSOLDIERS/010051SS42P/dissentchannelmemo.pdf
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