Mike Pompeo denies Saudi arms sales swayed humanitarian debate

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Foreign military sales did not determine the outcome of internal State Department debate over whether Saudi Arabia is indiscriminately killing civilians in Yemen’s civil war, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday.

“I find that suggestion offensive,” Pompeo told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell. “The reason we’re continuing to work in Yemen is to try and resolve that situation through the U.N.-directed peace operation. We support that effort. We’ve continued to support that effort.”

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