US senators warns Khashoggi case risks harming ties with SArabia
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(10 Oct 2018) Turkish claims that a well-known Saudi writer and government critic was slain inside his country's diplomatic mission in Turkey have put the Trump administration in a delicate spot. Members of Congress have grown increasingly insistent in recent days that the administration get to the bottom of the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a writer for The Washington Post. He had apparently drawn the wrath of the Saudi government, which has become an ever-closer U.S. ally under President Donald Trump. Angry lawmakers likely won't cause the administration to turn away from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. But they could throw a wrench into arms sales that require their approval and demand the U.S. scale back support for the Saudi military campaign against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen. "If Saudi Arabia took a US resident lured him into a consulate and killed him, it's time for the United States to rethink our military, political and economic relationship with Saudi Arabia," said Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy on Wednesday. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has warned that if there was any truth to the allegations of wrongdoing by the Saudi government, it would be "a game changer" to the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has warned that if there was any truth to the allegations of wrongdoing by the Saudi government, it would be "devastating" to the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Members on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday they were planning to review intelligence reports related to the missing journalist. 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/5b154a24ae96b962fc9ffa1e6b469113
