US President Donald Trump moved US policy away from the idealist approach of the Obama years to a more realistic approach that forged relationships based on interests, not ethics | For decades, the Saudis on former diplomats, lobbyists, and consultants who would slander any who did not affirm the Saudi line |
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spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday | Those activities, among other things, included its missile program and support for proxies and terrorist groups |
Saudi elite behavior also brewed resentment.
20ties with the oil-rich kingdom | " Psaki said Khashoggi's murder "could be a topic" in this week's meetings but said the discussions would focus on the U |
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World War II was the first major war fought with oil, and Roosevelt recognized the strategic imperative of having an oil reserve within the American orbit should the United States be drawn into any future war | -Saudi ties more broadly, to demand that Saudi Arabia immediately and unconditionally stop the use of blockade tactics |
It also helps that the country likes to invest billions in the American economy.
10relationship with Saudi Arabia should be about more than one man | support for the Saudi role in Yemen, has called for a new U |
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All of these changes were oil-dependent | " That year, eight men were also convicted of Khashoggi's murder in a Saudi Arabian court — a trial called a farce by many international observers |
Bin Salman should at the very least be persona non grata in Washington, but the U.
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