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Senators from both sides of the aisle overruled President Barack Obama's veto of the 9/11 lawsuit bill, which would allow lawsuits against perceived foreign sponsors of terrorism, in Washington DC on Wednesday. Family members of the victims of the 9/11 attacks can now sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged involvement in the attack. The House of Representatives is expected to ratify the vote, setting up a historical defeat for the Obama administration.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi lead a September 11 remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Saudi Arabia welcomed the release of classified pages of the official report on the Sept. 11 attacks, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs says it exonerated the kingdom. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. intelligence officials have finished reviewing 28 classified pages of the official report on the Sept. 11 attacks and they show no evidence of Saudi complicity, says White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
In the same week in which US President Barack Obama visited Saudi Arabia amid a thaw in relations between the two longtime allies, new evidence has emerged possibly implicating the Saudi government in the September 11 attacks.
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