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Camp David

President Barack Obama shakes hands with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tameem bin Hamad Al Thani, while hosting the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council at Camp David on May 14, 2015.

A royal Saudi ‘snub’ isn’t stopping the flow of American weapons to the Gulf

May 15, 2015Conflict

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman wasn’t at this week’s Camp David summit with other leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, but that didn’t stop President Barack Obama from promising to “streamline and expedite” the delivery of weapons to the kingdom — even those being used in Yemen.

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