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Opinion | After OPEC's 'Hostile Act,' Dems Urge Full Break From Saudi Arabia, UAE
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'House lawmakers say decision to cut oil production yesterday is a 'turning point' in the US-Gulf State relationship.'

that would take all U.S. troops, weapons, and missile defense systems out of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. From a statement by Reps. Tom Malinowski , Sean Casten and Susan Ellis Wild :

This decision is a turning point in our relationship with our Gulf partners. If Saudi Arabia and the UAE hope to maintain a relationship with the United States that has been overwhelmingly beneficial to them, they must show a greater willingness to work with us—not against us—in advancing what is now our most urgent national security objective: the defeat of Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

After a high-profile visit to the region and the infamous"fist bump" with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the White House announced deals totalingfor Saudi Arabia and UAE. Bipartisan attempts to question such deals, dating back to the Trump administration, continue to fall flat. "There are between 45,000 and 65,000 American military personnel—the number can vary by the day—now deployed in Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations, including around 5,500 troops in Iraq and 600 in Syria."

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