''Obama lifts ban on U.S. defense exports to South Sudan''

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"President Barack Obama on Friday lifted U.S. restrictions on defense sales to South Sudan, marking another step to regularize U.S. ties with Africa's newest nation.

Obama, in a directive to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said he was permitting the United States to furnish defense articles and defense services to South Sudan because doing so “will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.”