{"id":51846,"date":"2018-11-15T19:59:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T19:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/15\/us-senate-rejects-effort-to-stop-bahrain-arms-sale\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:43:20","slug":"us-senate-rejects-effort-to-stop-bahrain-arms-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/11\/15\/us-senate-rejects-effort-to-stop-bahrain-arms-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senate rejects effort to stop Bahrain arms sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 77-21 to table Sen. Rand Paul\u2019s effort to prevent a $300 million sale of rocket launchers to Bahrain \u2014 intended as a proxy vote on U.S. military aid to the Saudi side of Yemen\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The action came hours after the U.S. Treasury Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/08f92a652a854b2cbcb918881fbefc14\" target=_blank>added<\/a> economic sanctions against 17 Saudis accused of taking part in the October killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi inside their country\u2019s consulate in Istanbul \u2014 and days after the Trump administration halted refueling for Saudi-led bombing in Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vote was bipartisan, with 48 Republicans, 28 Democrats and Maine Independent Sen. Angus King voting \u201cyes.\u201d Seventeen Democrats, three Republicans and Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders voted \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul\u2019s attempt is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/11\/15\/us-house-shelves-yemen-vote-but-theres-another-right-behind-it-and-maybe-two-after-that\/\" target=_blank>several related proposals<\/a> percolating in Congress. On Wednesday, House Republicans effectively shelved a resolution to invoke Congress\u2019 war powers to end U.S. military involvement in Yemen without a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would like to vote directly that we should not be at war in Yemen, not be involved with supplying refueling or bombs to the Saudis and the Bahrainis and their coalition,\u201d Paul, R-Ky., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a floor speech \u2014 adding that such a vote is \u201cforbidden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not asking that we end our alliance, I\u2019m not asking that we sanction them,\u201d Paul said. \u201cI\u2019m only saying, stop one sale of arms to send a message that we are done with the war in Yemen, that we are no longer going to sell weapons to countries that are fighting this war in Yemen, that the war must come to a close.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Bahrain is a member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen\u2019s civil war, both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee\u2019s chairman, Sen Bob Corker, and its ranking member opposed Paul\u2019s action, citing the strategic alliance in play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahrain hosts U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain, which is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the U.S. Fifth Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corker, R-Tenn., said he asked Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to address his concerns about Saudi Arabia and Yemen \u2014 but the Bahrain sale, in Corker\u2019s view, was not the right avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBahrain certainly has had some issues with human rights, and we have dealt with those. It is a city-state in the Persian Gulf where we have 7,800 men and women in uniform who are protecting our interests there, who are a buffer against Iran,&#8221; Corker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor us to block sales to the country of Bahrain that is housing one of our most important naval bases over something that has nothing to do with them, but has something to do with another country, is not a pragmatic nor a sensible step,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September, the State Department announced the potential sale of 120 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System M31 Unitary Rocket Pods and 110 Army Tactical Missiles System M57 T2K Unitary missiles \u2014 along with associated training and contractor support. 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