<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">[...]</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:lora,georgia,times,serif;font-size:18px">Amid pressure from progressive activists, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed is pledging to try and keep language in the upcoming military spending bill that would end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.</span><br></div><div dir="ltr">[...]<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/sen-reed-urged-to-push-for-us-pullback-in-yemen/" target="_blank">https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/sen-reed-urged-to-push-for-us-pullback-in-yemen/</a><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h1 class="m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-article-title" style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",arial,helvetica,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:2.8125rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.1;vertical-align:baseline">Sen. Reed urged to push for US pullback in Yemen</h1><div class="m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-article-eyebrow" style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",arial,helvetica,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1;vertical-align:baseline;text-transform:uppercase"><a href="https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(45,94,168);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">POLITICS</a></div><div class="m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-article-meta" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1rem;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:arial,helvetica,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:0.875rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">by: <a href="https://www.wpri.com/author/ted-nesi/" title="Posts by Ted Nesi" class="m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-author m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-url m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-fn" rel="author" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(45,94,168);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Ted Nesi</a></p>Posted: Sep 3, 2019 / 01:45 PM EDT            <span class="m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-article-meta--sep" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">/ </span>Updated: Sep 3, 2019 / 01:48 PM EDT</div><div class="m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-image-wrapper m_2793616749797951226m_5396047967550637966m_5836051399073191064gmail-m_5764431101813865782gmail-m_8451671598158136047gmail-landscape" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 441px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px;overflow:hidden"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wpri.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2016/03/sen-reed_37030718_ver1.0.png?resize=2560%2C1440&ssl=1" alt="sen. reed_273365" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:441px;max-widt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ox-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Reed’s position on Yemen has drawn close scrutiny after he was one of a handful of Senate Democrats who voted last year <a href="https://www.wpri.com/news/eyewitness-news-investigates/reed-whitehouse-vote-to-continue-yemen-war-breaking-with-most-dems/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(45,94,168);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">to continue U.S. support for the Saudis</a> there. Last fall, however, he reversed course and backed a resolution proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders to end American backing.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">In a statement Friday, Reed spokesperson Chip Unruh said retaining the Yemen language would be a priority for the senator during final negotiations over the 2019-20 defense appropriations bill, which is expected to be hammered out in the coming weeks.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">“Senator Reed believes we should not provide support to offensive military operations against the Houthis as part of the ongoing civil war in Yemen,” Unruh told WPRI 12, referring to a group that has rebelled against the country’s military.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Unruh said Reed has backed 22 resolutions of disapproval to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia and also introduced a bill, the Saudi Arabia Accountability and Yemen Act, aimed at de-escalating the conflict.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">“He’ll continue demanding real accountability from Saudi leaders for human rights abuses and a more active, constructive role for the United States in pushing for a negotiated settlement to end the war and humanitarian crisis in Yemen,” Unruh said.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">A spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse did not immediately respond to a question about his position on the Yemen language.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Rhode Island’s two congressmen, Democrats David Cicilline and Jim Langevin, are both strongly supportive of reducing U.S. support for the Saudis in Yemen. Cicilline co-sponsored one of the three amendments at issue, while Langevin has said he will push for them as a member of the House Armed Services Committee expected to take part in conference negotiations.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">David Segal, a former Rhode Island state representative who now leads the advocacy group Demand Progress, argued in an email that Reed should heed those who have contacted him about the Yemen war.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">“Reed must decide if he will wield the vast power he has secured as ranking member of the Armed Services Committee to stand with all of them — or, alternatively, if he will effectively side with the Trump administration and Saudi Arabia’s murderous dictator as untold thousands more die in Yemen,” Segal said.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic;font-variant-caps:in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