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To punish Saudi Arabia with the "Khashoggi Ban," Biden mirrored a plan developed under Trump CNN 3/10/2021 By Alex Marquardt © Balkis Press/Abaca/Sipa USA/AP File photo dated March 2018 of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, killed in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Photo by Balkis Press/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) When the Biden administration announced a ban on dozens of Saudis from traveling to the US in response to intelligence that the kingdom's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had approved the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it was rolling out a p...

How to put values into Biden’s foreign policy

Two More South Berkshire Fires Over the Weekend We've seen quite a bit of local fire activity this winter season and this past weekend a couple more fires were reported. One fire took place in Sheffield and the other was in Housatonic. The Sheffield fire occurred on Friday night (Mar. 5). According to the Monterey Fire Department. The department was called to help extinguish a structure fire. The fire was located on East Stahl Road and began at approximately 8:55 p.m. In addition, the 172 Monterey Trucks arrived with six firefighters and was assigned to the Rapid Intervention Team. There were...

The actions announced in the past week must not be the final word. By Jennifer RubinThe Washington Post Read Article The administration’s response to the slaughter of Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi is predictably prompting responses ranging from grumbling to outrage. Having raised the bar during the campaign to make the Saudi regime a “pariah,” President Joe Biden has stopped well short of that. The Post’s publisher, Fred Ryan, on Monday slammed the administration’s decision to “go light” on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS. Khashoggi’s fian...

When Saudi Arabia’s founder, Ibn Saud, and President Franklin Roosevelt entered an agreement in the waning days of World War II in 1945, they did so as equal partners forging an alliance of mutual interests. That equality explains a lot about the limits of U.S. influence experienced by American presidents since. After releasing the U.S. intelligence report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Biden administration came under fire for not dealing more harshly with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. State Department spokesman Ned Price addressed the fundamental tensions ...