Mattis on Khashoggi, Mexico border, Crimea crisis
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(28 Nov 2018) Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says there's "no smoking gun" connecting the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to the Saudi crown prince. Mattis tells reporters that he went over intelligence reports and read translations of tapes twice, and that none of it directly ties the killing to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Mattis spoke after he and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefed senators on the U.S. response to Khashoggi's killing and before welcoming Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis to the Pentagon. Mattis says the meeting with senators included exhaustive discussions and that lawmakers expressed frustration with U.S. support to Saudi Arabia. Lawmakers have called for the U.S. to take a tougher stand against Saudi Arabia as a result of the killing. Mattis and Pompeo urged senators to support the U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen, including assistance to Saudi Arabia. As Mattis and Lithuanian Defense Minister Karoblis sat down for bilateral discussions, Karoblis was asked by reporters to respond to the standoff between Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea. "It's without any doubts that is the act of aggression of Russia," Karoblis said. "It's quite comparable with the annexation of Crimea." 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/94ad204c540dd96c1b8365b3c5639d6e
