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New Senate bill blames Saudi crown prince for Jamal Khashoggi murder

By Susan Ferrechio
Published December 13, 2018 6:07pm ET
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New Senate bill blames Saudi crown prince for Jamal Khashoggi murder
FILE - This Oct. 6, 2011 file photo shows Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. listening during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Corker is spending a lot of time lately talking to Democrats. The freshman lawmaker from Tennessee spoke briefly last week with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner after he unveiled his 10-year, $4.5 trillion solution to averting the end-of-year, double economic hit of tax hikes and automatic spending cuts. Deficit-cutting maven Erskine Bowles had forwarded Corker's proposal to White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker introduced a resolution Thursday blaming the Saudi crown prince for the murder of dissident Jamal Khashoggi and calling for less U.S. support in the Yemen civil war.

Corker, R-Tenn., introduced the measure as senators debated a resolution invoking the War Powers Act to end all U.S. support of Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen.

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