The White House indicated Monday that it would veto a bipartisan bill giving Americans the right to sue foreign governments for terrorism, specifically Saudi Arabia for its role in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Josh Earnest, the president’s top spokesman, said the measure would unravel countries’ sovereign immunity, an important principle of international law that could pose larger legal consequences for individual Americans if that immunity is lost.
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