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In an interview for the podcast ''Frog Logic'', a podcast primarily for the special operations community, Mulroy said, "I don’t think anyone became a Marine, or a SEAL, or a [CIA] paramilitary officer with the idea that they were going to fight a child.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Froglogic Podcast: Froglogic Podcast EP #39 Michael Mulroy & Eric Oehlerich CIA PMCO And Navy SEAL Help Child Soldiers on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/froglogic-podcast-ep-39-michael-mulroy-eric-oehlerich/id1071889417?i=1000475362356|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-us}}</ref> In another interview with the Middle East Institute, a Washington-based think-tank, Mulroy said, "To put an end to this practice, which I think every adult in the world should agree with, we will have to hold our partners as accountable as we hold our adversaries."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Child soldiers in the Middle East|url=https://www.mei.edu/multimedia/podcast/child-soldiers-middle-east|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Middle East Institute|language=en}}</ref> This statement was in response to a question about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's use of Sudanese children to fight their war in Yemen and the U.S. State Department waiving their inclusion in the list of countries that use child soldiers in violation of their obligations under the United Nations resolutions.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Landay|first1=Jonathan|last2=Spetalnick|first2=Matt|date=2019-06-18|title=Exclusive: Overruling his experts, Pompeo keeps Saudis off U.S. child soldiers list|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-childsoldiers-exclusive-idUSKCN1TJ25H|access-date=2020-08-10}}</ref>

In an interview for the podcast ''Frog Logic'', a podcast primarily for the special operations community, Mulroy said, "I don’t think anyone became a Marine, or a SEAL, or a [CIA] paramilitary officer with the idea that they were going to fight a child.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Froglogic Podcast: Froglogic Podcast EP #39 Michael Mulroy & Eric Oehlerich CIA PMCO And Navy SEAL Help Child Soldiers on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/froglogic-podcast-ep-39-michael-mulroy-eric-oehlerich/id1071889417?i=1000475362356|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-us}}</ref> In another interview with the Middle East Institute, a Washington-based think-tank, Mulroy said, "To put an end to this practice, which I think every adult in the world should agree with, we will have to hold our partners as accountable as we hold our adversaries."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Child soldiers in the Middle East|url=https://www.mei.edu/multimedia/podcast/child-soldiers-middle-east|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Middle East Institute|language=en}}</ref> This statement was in response to a question about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's use of Sudanese children to fight their war in Yemen and the U.S. State Department waiving their inclusion in the list of countries that use child soldiers in violation of their obligations under the United Nations resolutions.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Landay|first1=Jonathan|last2=Spetalnick|first2=Matt|date=2019-06-18|title=Exclusive: Overruling his experts, Pompeo keeps Saudis off U.S. child soldiers list|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-childsoldiers-exclusive-idUSKCN1TJ25H|access-date=2020-08-10}}</ref>

During an interview by [[Lawfare]], Mulroy explained that the U.S. has a law called the [[Child Soldiers Prevention Act]] that was passed unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This law bans the U.S. from providing military assistance or arms to countries that use children as soldiers. Still, the president may waive the application for specific countries if deemed to be in the national interest.<ref>Hogg, Charu Lata (March 28, 2016). "The Loophole That Lets the U.S. Government Fund the Use of Child Soldiers." Open Society Foundations. Retrieved November 22, 2017.</ref> Mulroy criticized the U.S. for providing a waiver for Saudi Arabia and said that the U.S. had an obligation to hold its partners to at least the same standard as it holds its adversaries.<ref name="lawfareblog.com"/><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-childsoldiers-exclusive/exclusive-overruling-his-experts-pompeo-keeps-saudis-off-us-child-soldiers-list-idUSKCN1TJ25H</ref> He further explained an estimated 100,000 children are fighting in over 18 countries around the world and that child soldiers use in the Middle East Doubled in 2019.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-children-soldiers/global-count-finds-cases-of-child-soldiers-more-than-doubling-idUSKCN1Q12HQ</ref> Mulroy said, "this is a problem that every adult should care about." <ref name="lawfareblog.com"/>

During an interview by [[Lawfare]], Mulroy explained that the U.S. has a law called the Child Soldiers Prevention Act that was passed unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This law bans the U.S. from providing military assistance or arms to countries that use children as soldiers. Still, the president may waive the application for specific countries if deemed to be in the national interest.<ref>Hogg, Charu Lata (March 28, 2016). "The Loophole That Lets the U.S. Government Fund the Use of Child Soldiers." Open Society Foundations. Retrieved November 22, 2017.</ref> Mulroy criticized the U.S. for providing a waiver for Saudi Arabia and said that the U.S. had an obligation to hold its partners to at least the same standard as it holds its adversaries.<ref name="lawfareblog.com"/><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-childsoldiers-exclusive/exclusive-overruling-his-experts-pompeo-keeps-saudis-off-us-child-soldiers-list-idUSKCN1TJ25H</ref> He further explained an estimated 100,000 children are fighting in over 18 countries around the world and that child soldiers use in the Middle East Doubled in 2019.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-children-soldiers/global-count-finds-cases-of-child-soldiers-more-than-doubling-idUSKCN1Q12HQ</ref> Mulroy said, "this is a problem that every adult should care about." <ref name="lawfareblog.com"/>

 

In an article in [[ABC News]], Mulroy called on the Biden Administration to do more to enforce the UN protocols and the Child Soldier Prevention Act against all countries including allies that use children as soldiers. He continued that “the Biden administration should vigorously use the Global Magnitsky Act to sanction corrupt officials, companies, and commanders involved in supporting armed groups that recruit child soldiers. Importantly, they should target the officials and corporate support structures to the militias, rather than just the militia leaders themselves who rarely travel or have bank accounts abroad.” <ref>http://abcnewsradioonline.com/world-news/analysis-how-the-us-can-combat-the-soldiering-of-children.html</ref>

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== Philosophy ==