Yemenis gathered at the site of a Saudi-led coalition air strike in August 2018. Photo: stringer/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By Dion Nissenbaum May 24, 2019 2:18 p.m.
People familiar with the details said the sale represents a broad package of 22 separate deals worth about $8 billion. Lawmakers opposed to the arms sales denounced the decision as another effort by the White House to undermine congressional power. Rep. Eliot Engel , chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called the decision “another slap in Congress’s face.”
Access to oil.
Shame on our nation USA selling weapons to Saudi Arabia for killing civilians in Yemen and Syria, all is about money and oil SecPompeo AmbJohnBolton POTUS WhiteHouse GOP SenWarren SenSanders SenToddYoung
Once again, the almighty dollar wins out over all other considerations.
I firmly believe that usa is influenced heavily by the weapons lobby to be hawkish in all theaters of war.
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