Deal or no deal
Congress skeptical of lame-duck push for U.S. security deal with Saudi Arabia that leaves out Israel
Former President Donald Trump’s win could further complicate any efforts to strengthen U.S.-Saudi or trilateral U.S.-Saudi-Israel ties in the remaining months of the Biden administration
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Secretary of State Tony Blinken is greeted by Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, right, and Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the US, Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.
A day before the election a report in Axios claimed the Biden administration is making a final push for a scaled-back defense agreement with Saudi Arabia, which would include new security ties without sealing the long-sought normalization between Israel...