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Matter since march of 2017. ive authored resolutions and legislation, held hearings, given speeches, even put a hold on a nominee when secretary tillerson was finding his sea legs on this issue. negotiations are going on but we need to apply more pressure that we can do on the u.s. senate today so the saudis negotiate in good faith. >> sandra: the latest word from the president on this via a statement he says well, im much more open to yemen because i hate to see whats going on in yemen, he writ...

>> the bigger question, does it matter to the president trump? the president has called saudi arabia a spectacular ally. >> im not sure the president cares much about the promotion of american values. this administration has convinced itself that certainly saudi arabia under mohammed bin salman is an ally of the united states. saudi arabia doesnt share common values with the united states as we do with canada, britain and fast. at best saudi arabia is a security partner which episodically shares...

Citizen, but in full disclosure, a friend of mine, and a guy who was going to come as a visiting journalist. he emptitied the frame of of any ethical or moral sensibilities and values and principles. at the same time to boot he managed to exaggerate what exactly the saudis have done for the united states. so, no. the u.s./saudi relationship is important. theyre not an ally, chris. theyre a security partner. we dont share common values with the saudis. and frankly to steves point, its not a quest...

The fbi. did intelligence assessment will be for all the world to see because they have to testify in public. theyll be asked point blank what say you about the assessment of mb ss> culpability. >> i heard it said dont call them allies, they are security partners. do you prefer that term? >> the saudis are undoubtedly an important security partner as are other gulf countries in the region. our great thanks to our friends for coming by and talking with us on this tuesday night. coming up for us, ...

Room for maneuver. is saudi arabia an ally of the united states? i would argue its a security partner. it doesnt share common american values and, frankly, im not entirely persuaded that it shares a lot of american interests. >> but isnt it about -- i mean, the way pompeo talked about iran, that iran was mentioned in the second line of this entire statement, does this white house see iran as the boogeyman of the middle east and that saudi arabia can help them with their iran problem? >> yes, no ...

Absolutely outrageous, the american people will not stand by idolly as people are murdering journalists. saudi arabia has been a security partner of ours in the past and my expectation is they will be in some form in the future. this pattern of reckless behavior is consistent with what weve seen from the crowned prince ever since he assumed his current position. whether its this particular situation as we continue to gather facts as the trump administration is appropriately doing, by dispatching...

Administration so eager to make them the centerpiece of their negotiations. theres no accountability here, while theres no direct causality. this is on the saudis, not on trump, the reality is, if in fact your security partner, i wont call them an ally. if your security partner engages in behavior, you kidnap the lebanese prime minister. you undertake a boycott of qatar which is split the gcc. you conduct a disastrous war in yemen without an objective or without end. both the obama administratio...

>> we dont know enough because at the end of the day we dont have all the tax returns, et cetera. but we know this. when trump was asked why he doesnt want to take a tougher stance against saudi arabia on the jamal khashoggi case, he started talking about the fact that they are spending so many billions of dollars in the u.s. economy. he large exaggerated that amount. but he also said this is not about saudi arabia actually being an important security partner. this is not about a geopolitical re...

Orchestrating those smuggling flights, a direct violation of sanctions imposed by the trump administration. >> i urge our allies to join us in taking strong actions to curb irans continued dangerous and destabilizing behavior. >> while president trump has called on allies to assist with pressuring iran, observers want to know with the lebanese government knew about the organization with them enlarging at the largest airport. the first took place on july 9th, stopping briefly in damascus before l...

To china and meet with xi jinping. china is, after all, north koreas still patron, ally, security partner, so on. and of course xi jinping doesnt want to be sidelined either. wants to make sure its interest is protected. it makes sense from xi jinpings perspective and kim jong-uns perspective to have this meeting. >> general, if you were in charge of all u.s. military personnel pacific, meaning japan, south korea, and the like, what would your goal be? how would you be watching all of this diffe...