White House taps State, DOD, DNI to provide briefing on war in Yemen

By Justin Doubleday / September 10, 2018 at 1:45 PM
President Trump today signed out a directive directing the State Department, the Pentagon and the director of national intelligence to develop a congressionally mandated briefing on the war in Yemen. The memo delegates authority to the secretary of state, the defense secretary and the DNI to fulfill reporting requirements in a section of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, "Certifications regarding actions by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in Yemen." According to the law, the briefing...

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