The State Department approved the sale of military hardware to Qatar the same day Defense Secretary James Mattis welcomed Qatar's emir to the Pentagon -- nearly a year after accusations of supporting terrorism were lobbed at the Persian Gulf state from the president.
![US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital Manama on December 7, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/454079055.jpg?itok=8BE4Zn-Y "US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital Manama on December 7, 2013. [AFP]")
