CNN reports that US intelligence has shown that Saudi Arabia, generally a loyal US customer, has stepped up its ballistic missile program with support from China
1 / 3US President Donald Trump holds a defense sales chart with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the White House Oval Office, in March 2018US President Donald Trump holds a defense sales chart with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the White House Oval Office, in March 2018 Washington - US senators across the political spectrum on Wednesday moved to block President Donald Trump's plan to sell $8.
Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican who is usually in lockstep with Trump, voiced hope for"strong bipartisan support" in preventing the sales. The senators nonetheless said they would go ahead and introduce resolutions of disapproval -- as they could for sales that are formally submitted -- for each of the 22 arms deals, which also include a transfer of US arms from the United Arab Emirates to Jordan.
The United States, but not China, is part of a 1987 pact of nations that restricts missile exports, but Saudi Arabia has been keen to preserve an edge over Iran, which manufactures its own missiles. Anger with Saudi Arabia has grown in Congress since the October killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who wrote columns for The Washington Post and lived in Virginia.
"Saudi Arabia treats us like the junior partner in this relationship, chopping up US residents and torturing others, all the while demanding we remain silent and sell them more weapons," Murphy said.Lawmakers have also been outraged over the Trump administration's eagerness to send nuclear technology and expertise to Saudi Arabia -- again skirting the normal US process as Riyadh has not signed a so-called Section 123 agreement to guarantee peaceful use.
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