The Senate Finds Its Backbone
All Democrats and seven Republicans support a resolution to stop U.S. involvement in Yemen.
by Conor Friedersdorf
Mar 14, 2019
2 minutes
On Wednesday, the Senate passed a resolution directing the president to end American participation in a foreign war—but not the one in Iraq, Syria, or Afghanistan.
The relevant conflict is in Yemen. Despite campaigning on an “America first” foreign policy, President Donald Trump has the U.S. military participating in a civil war there, supporting a
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