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Intel: How White House trumps up US arms sales to Saudi Arabia

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart of military hardware sales as he welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2018.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1D275A0090

US military ties with Saudi Arabia, under harsh scrutiny after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, aren’t all they’re trumped up to be. That’s according to a new report from the Center for International Policy (CIP), an anti-war Washington think tank.

Why it matters: US President Donald Trump has said he’s not willing to let Khashoggi’s death get in the way of a touted $110 billion arms deal with Riyadh inked during a trip to Saudi Arabia in May 2017.

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