FILE PHOTO: People check damage at the site of an air strike in Amran, Yemen June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday sustained President Donald Trump's veto of a resolution demanding an end to military support for the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen, in a victory for the White House's policy of continued backing for the kingdom.
The vote was 53 to 45, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto, despite a handful of Trump's fellow Republicans joining Democrats in backing the war powers resolution.
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