by Jim Heath | Sep 27, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
White House efforts to limit access to President Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders extended to phone calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Those calls — both with leaders who maintain controversial...
by Jim Heath | Jul 29, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The U.S. Senate late today failed to override President Trump’s veto of legislation passed by Congress that would have blocked the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia. By a vote of 45-40, the Senate fell short of the two-thirds votes needed to overturn a...
by Jim Heath | Jul 19, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Saudi Arabia has approved hosting U.S. forces in the country to boost regional security and stability, the state news agency announced today. The U.S. Defense Department confirmed the move in a statement, saying it would deploy troops and resources to Saudi Arabia to...
by Jim Heath | Jun 20, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The Senate voted to block the sale of billions of dollars of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on today, in a sharp and bipartisan rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress to allow the exports by declaring an emergency...
by Jim Heath | Jun 19, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
There is credible evidence that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other high-level officials are individually liable for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a UN expert says. A report by special rapporteur Agnes Callamard says the evidence merits...