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Pelosi: Plan to Send US Forces to Saudi Arabia, UAE 'Circumvents' Congress

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   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday criticized President Donald
   Trump's plan to sendadditional U.S. military forces and air defense
   equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, saying it was
   the administration's latest attempt to "circumvent" Congress.
   "President Trump's plan to accelerate the delivery of military
   equipment to Saudi Arabia and UAE, and to deploy additional U.S. forces
   to the region, is the latest outrageous attempt by the Trump
   administration to circumvent the bipartisan, bicameral will of
   Congress," she said in a statement. "These unacceptable actions are
   cause for alarm."
   Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the
   Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced Trump's decision Friday night at the
   Pentagon.

   Allies' requests
   Esper said the forces would be "defensive in nature." He added that the
   U.S. was responding to requests from Saudi and UAE officials to improve
   their air and missile defenses afterlast weekend's attacks on Saudi
   Arabian oil installations. U.S. officials have said Iran was
   responsible, an allegation that Tehran denies.

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