US Senators Arrive in Saudi Arabia While Fears of Wider War Grow
- Saudis, US have ‘common interest’ in stability, Graham says
- It’s the second high-level Senate delegation to region in days
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A bipartisan group of US senators arrived in Saudi Arabia as part of a trip through the region aimed at keeping Saudi-Israeli diplomacy on track and trying to prevent Israel’s conflict with Hamas from spreading into a wider war.
The group of 10 senators includes the No. 2 Republican, John Thune of South Dakota, as well as Democrat Ben Cardin of Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Also among the travelers are several senators who sit on the Senate Appropriations Committee, which will weigh a White House request for more than $100 billion in supplemental funding for Israel and Ukraine, among other administration priorities.