Top Trump Administration Officials Defend Alliance With Saudi Arabia

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press after briefing members of the Senate on the current relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States on Capitol Hill on November 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Two senior U.S. Cabinet members urged senators on Nov. 28 not to downgrade ties with Saudi Arabia over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Gen. Jim Mattis said there’s no hard evidence that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing.