CIA Director meets House leaders on Khashoggi
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(12 Dec 2018) CIA Director Gina Haspel briefed House leaders on Wednesday on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as the Senate prepared for a possible vote on two resolutions that would rebuke Saudi Arabia for its role in the slaying. Two people familiar with the meeting said House leaders were receiving a briefing from Haspel Wednesday morning, a day before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are to brief the full House on the killing. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the classified briefing. Lawmakers leaving the briefing, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer declined to comment, saying it was classified. Rep. Eliot Engel promised that the House Foreign Affairs Committee would hold hearings early next year on Saudi Arabia and determine "how our relationship needs to change or not change." He said lawmakers have a lot of questions about Saudi Arabia's behavior in Yemen. Engel also called Saudi Arabia an important partner, but that it needs to be weighed against other factors. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/7d0ccc3d4914773cbc856359147a966f
