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Pompeo: Downgrading U.S.-Saudi ties would be 'grave mistake'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that downgrading U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi would be a mistake for national security and would not push Saudis in a better direction at home.
After repeated calls from members of Congress for a strong U.S. response, Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis were briefing the U.S. Senate behind closed doors about Saudi Arabia and the Oct. 2 murder of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, as well as the civil war in Yemen.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-usa/downgrading-u-s-saudi-ties-would-be-grave-mistake-pompeo-idUSKCN1NX1ZV
After repeated calls from members of Congress for a strong U.S. response, Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis were briefing the U.S. Senate behind closed doors about Saudi Arabia and the Oct. 2 murder of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, as well as the civil war in Yemen.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-usa/downgrading-u-s-saudi-ties-would-be-grave-mistake-pompeo-idUSKCN1NX1ZV
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