US President Donald Trump has used his veto powers to refuse to sign a Congressional resolution that would have ended American support for the Saudi Arabia-led war in Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis resolution is an \nunnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, \nendangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, \nboth today and in the future,\u201d the President said in a message to \nCongress, as his reasons for returning the resolution without his \nsignature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was President Trump\u2019s second veto of his term so \nfor. In his first, he turned down a resolution that had sought to \noverturn his declaration of national emergency to find alternate sources\n of money, which had been turned down by Congress, to fund a wall along \nthe border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \nresolution on Yemen passed the Democratic-led House of Representatives \n247 to 175 earlier this month, in a vote largely along party-lines. It \npassed the Republican-led senate 54-46 in March with seven Republicans \nvoting for it, in a clear rebuke of the president\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n United States has been aiding Saudi-led military operations against \nYemen\u2019s Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran. Escalating in 2015, when \nthe rebels took control of most of western parts of Yemen and forced \nPresident Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee the country, the civil war has \ncreated a humanitarian crisis in the country, pushing it to the brink of\n a famine. An estimated 7,000 civilians have been killed in the conflict\n thus far, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Trump said \nin his message to Congress that its resolution was \u201cunnecessary\u201d because\n the US was not directly involved in the hostilities in Yemen, apart \nfrom counter-terrorism operation against al Qaeda. And the US was only \nproviding \u201climited\u201d support to the Saudi-led coalition with intelligence\n and logistics, such as mid-air refueling for their aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Missiles\n fired by Iran-backed Houthis have targeted areas \u201cfrequented\u201d by \nAmerican citizens, the president went on to state in the message. And, \nhe added, the Yemen conflict \u201crepresents a \u2018cheap\u2019 and inexpensive way \nfor Iran to cause trouble for the United States and for our ally, Saudi \nArabia\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the Democratic-led House of \nRepresentatives, blasted the president\u2019s veto. \u201cThe conflict in Yemen is\n a horrific humanitarian crisis that challenges the conscience of the \nentire world,\u201d he wrote on twitter. \u201cYet the President has cynically \nchosen to contravene a bipartisan, bicameral vote of the Congress & \nperpetuate America\u2019s shameful involvement in this heartbreaking crisis.\u201d\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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