Trump team defends Saudi ties after Senate rebuke on Yemen
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured on December 13, 2018, said Iran posed "a real risk" to the US (AFP Photo/NICHOLAS KAMM)/ Washington (AFP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday again defended US ties with Saudi Arabia on national security grounds after the Senate voted to end support to the kingdom's war in Yemen. In a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate voted Thursday to end US backing for the Saudi-led coalition whose campaign in Yemen has contributed to what the UN calls the world's ...
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