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U.S. to Send Troops, Air Defense Equipment to Saudi Arabia, UAE
(VOA News) The U.S. is sending additional military forces and air defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon said Friday. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the U.S. was responding to requests from those nations after the Sep. 14 assault in Saudi Arabia exposed their vulnerability to drone and cruise missile attacks. President Trump on Friday announced new sanctions against Iran's national bank. "I think the sanctions work," he said. "The military would work, but that is a very severe form of winning." Trump said he was not planning a military response to the attacks, but warned, however, that "Iran knows if they misbehave, they're on borrowed time."