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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on December 09, 2018, 12:22:20 pm
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Senate puzzles out how to punish Saudi Arabia ahead of unprecedented vote
Bryant Harris
An overwhelming bipartisan majority of senators wants to retaliate against Saudi Arabia for murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi, arguing that President Donald Trump’s response has been insufficient.
But with a historic vote looming next week, Congress has yet to coalesce around a consensus solution and a wide array of options remain open.
“There’s three different efforts,†Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told Al-Monitor. “There’s no effort to combine those efforts. But it’s all going very well.â€
Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/nikki-haley-give-saudi-pass-khashoggi-murder-181209065801936.html (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/nikki-haley-give-saudi-pass-khashoggi-murder-181209065801936.html)