with the administration s handling of khashoggi s murder? i think it has it has to do with that, but i also think that republicans are waking up to the changing reality inside yemen. you know, the civilian casualties are getting worse, not better the deeper that we get involved. and for a long time, i think many republicans were willing to believe the saudis when they told us, hey, we re not killing these civilians on purpose. we re killing them by accident even though all the evidence suggested that they were killing civilians on purpose. the khashoggi case has laid bare the fact that the saudis lied to us. they lied to us for two weeks about what happened to that journalist, and the republicans in the senate came to the conclusion that they probably were also lying to us and have been lying to us about who they re trying to hit and target inside yemen. so i think it s not just a vote that is a rebuke to the handling of the khashoggi case. i think republicans are legitimately worr
cia. just a few hours later, he said this is a quote pissez, and then he voted to advance the u.n. resolution. are you surprised to see such a strong ally of the president stand up to this administration? i m not surprised. i ve spent a lot of time with lindsey graham on this issue over the last four years. i forced four votes on the floor to try to end u.s. support for the war in yemen. and for the first three of those, lindsey graham was the chief defender of the saudis. i think he feels very personally burned by the saudi regime given how they lied to the united states and to him about what happened to jamal khashoggi. and i think it has caused him to w wonder whether they ve been telling the truth to him about the war inside yemen. i spent a lot of time with him on the floor today. it was a tough vote for him to vote against the administration and vote against his friends in the saudi regime. but i think he is, like many of us, rethinking the whole nature
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individuals that we been able to identify so far. that were in fact connected to that. we will continue to do that. like i said that their return we will hold those responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi accountable. we will do that at the same time while ensuring the strategic relationship between the u.s. and the kingdom of saudi arabia, when the has a great impact on the issue we just spoke about. capacity to deny the world largest state sponsor of terror the ability to threaten american israel will continue to work to maintain the important strategic relationship holding accountable those responsible for the atrocious death. chris: meanwhile you and defense secretary james mattis this week, called for negotiations and a cease-fire within 30 days between the u.s. backed saudi forces and rebels that are fighting in a war inside yemen. there are reports that up to 16,000 yemeni civilians have been killed in this conflict and that around 14 million are
individuals that we been able to identify so far. that were in fact connected to that. we will continue to do that. like i said that their return we will hold those responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi accountable. we will do that at the same time while ensuring the strategic relationship between the u.s. and the kingdom of saudi arabia, when the has a great impact on the issue we just spoke about. capacity to deny the world largest state sponsor of terror the ability to threaten american israel will continue to work to maintain the important strategic relationship holding accountable those responsible for the atrocious death. chris: meanwhile you and defense secretary james mattis this week, called for negotiations and a cease-fire within 30 days between the u.s. backed saudi forces and rebels that are fighting in a war inside yemen. there are reports that up to 16,000 yemeni civilians have been killed in this conflict and that around 14 million are