U.S. Senator Rand Paul on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi, government shutdown
14 December 2018 |
4:00 pm
U.S. Senator Rand Paul discusses Saudi Arabia, the motion that orders the President to withdraw military support for Saudi involvement in Yemen's civil war, the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the possibility of a government shutdown.
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