Senate defense bill includes limits on US support for Saudi campaign in Yemen
The version of the annual defense policy bill being considered by the Senate this week includes a provision to limit U.S. military support to the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in the Yemen civil war.
A bipartisan pair of senators behind the measure touted it on Thursday.
“The civil war and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen are inflicting unacceptable damage to our national security interests and exacerbating heartbreaking human suffering,” Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said in a joint statement. “The United States must use its influence to persuade Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to pursue an urgent diplomatic solution to end the civil war.”
The Saudi-led coalition has been fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen since 2015. The United States supports the Saudi campaign with billions of dollars in arms sales, intelligence sharing and logistics such as air refueling.
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/391208-senate-defense-bill-includes-limits-on-us-support-for-saudi-campaign-in-yemen
I expect Drumpf will veto this. The Saudis didn't give him a whole lot of bling for nothing.