The Senate overwhelmingly votes to confirm retired Gen. John Abizaid as the new US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
The vote was 92-7.Khashoggi's son denies settlement reached over father's murderAbizaid, the former head of US Central Command, was nominated to the post by President Donald Trump in November 2018. His confirmation will fill one key vacancy in the region -- the US Embassy has been without an ambassador since Joseph Westphal left in early January 2017.Abizaid heads to Riyadh during a time of fraught diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
Senators pressed Abizaid on Khashoggi's killing and Saudi Arabia's other human rights abuses, including lashings, electrocutions, beatings, whippings, sexual abuse, raids, the alleged detention and torture of activists and royal family members, during his nomination hearing in early March.Read MoreTwo US citizens arrested in first Saudi arrest sweep since Khashoggi killing, sources say"We should not accept these outrageous sorts of problems," Abizaid said of the abuses.
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