GOP chair objects to request to remember slain Saudi journalist during crown prince visit: ‘Inappropriate’ time 

Nov 20, 2025 - 01:00
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GOP chair objects to request to remember slain Saudi journalist during crown prince visit: ‘Inappropriate’ time 
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair James Risch (R-Idaho) on Wednesday objected to what he called an “inappropriate” request by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to commemorate slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a resident of Virginia, during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington. Kaine stood up on the Senate floor late Wednesday afternoon to…