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If the US wants to remain the top weapons exporter, it needs to remember the words of marketing pioneer John Wanamaker: Customer is king.

Along with efforts to cut red tape, the Pentagon aims to train more officers to help facilitate foreign military weapons sales -- a key driver of influence throughout the world -- The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. And if getting guns to people as quickly as possible isn't American, then we don't know what is.

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