WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today led a bipartisan group of Committee members in demanding answers from the Trump Administration on how United States military equipment ended up in the hands of al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Yemen.

In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, the members expressed deep concern about recent reports that Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) may have transferred United States weapons to the extremist groups.

“Taken together, these unauthorized transfers of U.S. equipment and weapons by the Saudi and UAE governments represent a clear national security risk to the U.S. and our interests and a serious violation of existing bilateral agreements pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act,” the members wrote. Read More

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