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Obama would veto bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia: White House

The US House of Representatives was expected to vote on the bill on Friday

Reuters September 09, 2016

US President Barack Obama speaks during the 4th ASEAN - US Summit in Vientiane on September 8, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

WASHINGTON DC: The White House reiterated on Friday that President Barack Obama would veto a bill that would allow the families of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's government for damages.

The House of Representatives was expected to vote on the bill on Friday.

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The Senate passed it unanimously in May. "We are in the same place we were the last time," the White House official said. Both Obama and a White House spokesperson said in April the president would veto the bill.

COMMENTS (2)

kamal | 8 years ago | Reply Yes of course they can. But then which court will decide and which power will implement a negative court's decision on the defendant - Pakistanis, Afghans, Libyans, Syrians?? You will not be able to get within 5000 miles before being shot down. First educate yourself, then develop world leading technologies, then route money for investment in factories, then use these technologies in advanced weapons - all in all about a 100 years. Then maybe think of enforcing a adverse decision on the US.

Aleem | 8 years ago | Reply Would the US like Pakistanis, Afghans, Libyans and Syrians suing the USG for the mass deaths in the UAV strikes all over the world?

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