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Corker Calls for U.S. Sanctions If Saudi Arabia Killed Khashoggi

  • Head of foreign relations panel sees ‘significant’ penalties
  • Corker says behavior by kingdom needs to be ‘nipped’ in bud
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Sanctions must be imposed against Saudi Arabia if the kingdom is found responsible for killing a journalist at its consulate in Istanbul, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Thursday.

“If it turns out to be what we all think it is today but don’t know, but what we all think it is today, there will have to be significant sanctions placed at the highest levels,” said Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, the panel chairman.