Trump administration approves $1B arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including more than 6,500 missiles
The White House told Congress Thursday that it plans to approve a $1 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, a package that includes about 6,700 U.S.-built anti-tank missiles.
The sale also includes support, maintenance and spare parts for American tanks, helicopters and other equipment already in Saudi Arabia's arsenal. Lawmakers have 30 days to act if they want to try and stop the deal.
The announcement came two days after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with President Trump as the royal started a three-week tour of the U.S.
Earlier Thursday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the prince that Saudi Arabia was "part of the solution" in Yemen, where the Saudis are leading a U.S.-backed military campaign against Houthi rebels that has been heavily criticized for inflicting civilian casualties.
Earlier this week the Senate debated and then shelved a resolution calling for an end to U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Mattis had opposed the measure, saying it would be counterproductive by increasing civilian casualties, jeopardizing counterterrorism cooperation and emboldening Iran to increase its support for Houthi rebels.
Mattis said the Saudis had "stood by the United Nations-recognized government, and we are going to end this war. That is the bottom line. And we are going to end it on positive terms for the people of Yemen but also security for the nations in the peninsula."
গরমেও টুপি পরে কোথায় গেলেন শাহরুখ-আব্রাম?
মার্চ মাস চলছে। তুমুল গরম। আর এর মধ্যেই টুপি, জ্যাকেট পরে সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায় ছবি শেয়ার করলেন শাহরুখ খান। সঙ্গী আব্রাম। কোথায় গিয়েছেন এই সেলেব বাবা-ছেলে?
গৌরী খান ইনস্টাগ্রামে এই ছবি শেয়ার করেছেন। ক্যাপশনে লিখেছেন, ‘স্নো-মেন’। তাঁরা কোথায় গিয়েছেন তা খোলসা করেননি।
তবে শাহরুখ জানিয়েছেন, তিনি আল্পসে কোয়ালিটি টাইম কাটাচ্ছেন আব্রামের সঙ্গে। আনন্দ এল রাইয়ের ‘জিরো’ শেষ অংশের শুটিং শুরুর আগে ছুটি কাটাচ্ছেন কিঙ্গ খান।
আরও পড়ুন, ‘বাবা-মাকে হারানো আমার কাছে ছিল মৃত্যুর সামিল’
সম্প্রতি আইএএনএসকে শাহরুখ বলেন, ‘‘জিরোর শুটিং শেষ করতে এখনও মাস দুয়েক লাগবে। আমি এটা বলতে পারি, ছবিটা নিয়ে দর্শকদের কাছে যা যা প্রমিস করা হয়েছে তার থেকেও বেশি কিছু পাওয়া যাবে।’ সব কিছু ঠিক থাকলে ছবিটি মুক্তি পাবে আগামী ২১ ডিসেম্বর।
Clintons had 'at least a one-way open marriage,' former pollster writes
One of former President Bill Clinton's top strategists has suggested in a new book that the Clintons had "at least a one-way open marriage" during Clinton's presidency.
Mark Penn, who was also chief strategist in Hillary Clinton's failed bid for the Democratic nomination in 2008, made the claim in "Microtrends Squared," which hit shelves on Tuesday.
In discussing the Clintons' relationship, Penn wrote, "Perhaps [the open marriage] was not by choice, but the stories accumulated over the years until the fact of it became apparent."
MANCHESTER, NH - JANUARY 05: Mark Penn, chief strategist and pollster for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, speaks to reporters in the "spin room" after the Democratic debate at Saint Anselm College January 5, 2008 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates faced off in debates this evening prior to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Mark Penn, pictured during his role as chief strategist in Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, was one of former president Bill Clinton's top advisers. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Penn's discussion of the relationship between the 42nd president and his first lady is tucked into a chapter on open marriages, which he considers to be "more of a fad than a trend."
A spokesman for Hillary Clinton did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Allegations of sexual misconduct against ex-President Clinton have dogged the couple during their 43-year marriage. In 1998, he admitted to having had sexual encounters with Gennifer Flowers and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The following year, he reached a confidential settlement with another accuser, Paula Jones, to get her to drop a sexual harassment lawsuit against him.
Three other women -- Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey and Leslie Millwee -- accused Clinton of sexually harassing and assaulting them at various times between 1977 and 1993.
Broaddrick has alleged that Clinton raped her in April 1977 and that Hillary Clinton intimidated her in an effort to keep her silent. Broaddrick gave an interview to NBC in 1999 but the network did not air her account until Clinton’s impeachment process concluded with an acquittal.
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