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The US Senate has rejected Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) effort to block a $300 million arms sale to Bahrain.
The Senate voted 77-21 Thursday to table a resolution that would have blocked the artillery sale, effectively killing to the effort.
Paul sought to make the vote about the Yemen civil war. U.S lawmakers have been increasingly opposed to U.S. military involvement in the war because of the civilian death toll.
Though Paul’s effort to block the Bahrain sale failed, senators have said they are confident they could block the next arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
The administration has not notified Congress of a sale to the Saudis, but a precision-guided munitions sale has long been in the works.
In addition to concerns about the death toll in Yemen, arms sale to Saudi Arabia have come under fire as lawmakers look for a way to punish the kingdom over the killing of U.S.-based journalist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
