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Congress losing patience with the Saudis

By Susan Ferrechio
Published December 11, 2018 5:00am ET
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Congress losing patience with the Saudis
A father gives water to his malnourished daughter at a feeding center in a hospital in Hodeida, Yemen. With US backing, the United Arab Emirates and its Yemeni allies have restarted their all-out assault on Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, aiming to wrest it from rebel hands. Victory here could be a turning point in the 3-year-old civil war, but it could also push the country into outright famine. Already, the fighting has been a catastrophe for civilians on the Red Sea coast. | (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Senate lawmakers this week will debate a resolution that would for the first time use congressional authority to stop U.S. participation in a foreign war.

The war is taking place in Yemen but the real target of the Senate resolution is Saudi Arabia. Senators are eager to rebuke Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose brutal murder the CIA believes he orchestrated.

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