Advocates await Biden’s course change on arms sales 6 hours ago U.S. President Joe Biden declared in March that the U.S. government would end its support for “offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden’s early months “suggest a change of course” regarding to whom the U.S. decides to sell weapons, according to a new report from the Center for International Policy think tank. After years of former President Donald Trump’s markedly transactional and jobs-centric approach to arms sales, the report sees the potential for “a change that could elevate human rights, observation of international humanitarian law (IHL), and longterm strategic concerns over narrow economic considerations.”