Susannah George, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Col. Turki al-Malki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting Huthi forces, points to a screen showing what he said was evidence of Iranian intervention and support to the Huthi in Yemen during a news conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Senators eye block on Saudi arms sales

by Susannah George Associated PressJune 5, 2019

WASHINGTON — Directly challenging President Donald Trump’s use of executive power, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are banding together to introduce more than a dozen resolutions aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s sale of weapons to…

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Tokyo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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US beefing up forces in Middle East to counter Iran

by Susannah George Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressMay 24, 2019

Former CIA Director John Brennan, left, and Wendy Sherman, right, a former State Department official and top negotiator of the Iran nuclear deal, arrive to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., about the situation in Iran, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday.

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White House: Goal is deterring Iran

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressMay 22, 2019

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., passes reporters as he and other top congressional leaders head to a classified briefing on Iran after members of both parties asked for more information on the White House's claims of rising threats in the Middle East, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2019. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he hopes the U.S. is not a path to war with Iran following a series of administration statements and actions that have alarmed...

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Congressional leaders get Iran briefing

by Susannah George Associated PressMay 16, 2019

President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attend the 38th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the Capitol, Wednesday, in Washington.

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Trump’s Iran maneuvers trigger alarm in Congress

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressMay 16, 2019

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. The Trump administration is preparing to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps a “foreign terrorist organization” in an unprecedented move that could have widespread implications for U.S. personnel and policy. U.S....

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US to designate Iran’s Guard a terrorist group

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressApril 7, 2019

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., center, meets with House Rules Committee Chair James McGovern, D-Mass., right, after the House voted to end American involvement in the Yemen war, rebuffing the Trump administration's support for the Saudi-led military campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 4, 2019, though President Trump is expected to veto it. It's the first time Congress has invoked the decades-old War Powers Resolution to try and stop a foreign conflict. (AP Photo/J....

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Congress invokes powers to challenge Trump on war in Yemen

by Susannah George Associated PressApril 4, 2019

From left, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, meet before holding a news conference on the Senate vote on ending U.S. support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate votes to end support for Saudi war in Yemen

by Susannah George Associated PressMarch 14, 2019

Kurdish soldiers from the Anti-Terrorism Units carry a blindfolded Indonesian man suspected of Islamic State membership at a security center in Kobani, Syria.

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US mulls what to do with captured IS fighters in Syria

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressJanuary 10, 2019

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks to members of the media after leaving a closed door meeting about Saudi Arabia with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Senate defies Trump, shows anger with Saudis

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressNovember 29, 2018