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May 3, 2019

Senate Fails to Overturn Trump Veto on Yemen War
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The Senate has failed to overturn President Trump's veto of legislation
that would have ended U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which
has killed thousands of civilians and sparked the world's worst
humanitarian crisis. This comes as the United Nations warns the death
toll in Yemen could reach 233,000 if the war continues through the end
of the year. This is Senator Bernie Sanders speaking on Thursday just
before the vote.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "The war in Yemen, right now, has led to the worst
humanitarian disaster on the face of the Earth. There are studies out
there which unbelievably tell us that hundreds of thousands of people
will starve to death by the end of 2019 if we don't stop this war. What
we are trying to do and for the first time have used the War Powers Act
in an effective way to get the United States out of an unauthorized
war."



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