Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A board members will consider a resolution to honor murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi on the very street where the Saudi Arabian embassy sits in Foggy Bottom.
FILE 鈥� A car pulls into the Saudi Arabian embassy at 601 New Hampshire Ave. NW in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
FILE 鈥� In this Oct. 10, 2018, file photo, people hold signs during a protest at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Washington. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman鈥檚 first trip abroad since the killing of Khashoggi will offer an early indication of whether he will face any repercussions. The prince is visiting close allies in the Middle East before attending the Group of 20 Summit in Argentina, where he will come face to face with Trump, who appears keen to preserve their friendship, as well as European leaders and Turkey鈥檚 president, who has stepped up pressure on the kingdom.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File )
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File
David Barrows, center, with Code Pink, wears a mask of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a protest outside of Saudi Arabia’s Embassy about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
FILE 鈥� In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain. President Donald Trump says the U.S. will not levy additional punitive measures at this time against Saudi Arabia over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File
FILE 鈥� In this May 20, 2017 file photo, Saudi King Salman presents President Donald Trump with the highest civilian honor, the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud, at the Royal Court Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman鈥檚 first trip abroad since the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will offer an early indication of whether he will face any repercussions. The prince will attend the Group of 20 Summit in Argentina, where he will come face to face with Trump, who appears keen to preserve their friendship, as well as European leaders and Turkey鈥檚 president, who has stepped up pressure on the kingdom.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File
FILE 鈥� In this May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Salman鈥檚 first trip abroad since the killing of Khashoggi will offer an early indication of whether he will face any repercussions. The prince is visiting close allies in the Middle East before attending the Group of 20 Summit in Argentina, where he will come face to face with Trump, who appears keen to preserve their friendship, as well as European leaders and Turkey鈥檚 president, who has stepped up pressure on the kingdom.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
WASHINGTON 鈥� A D.C. neighborhood advocacy group is having its say in what U.S. officials have described as an elaborate international murder plot.
board members will 聽to honor murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi on the very street where the Saudi Arabian embassy sits in Foggy Bottom.
The resolution would ask the city to ceremonially rename the block of New Hampshire Avenue where the embassy is at 601 New Hampshire Ave. NW to “Jamal Khashoggi Way.”
The resolution is expected to pass.
From there it would be up to the D.C. Council to follow through on it. If the Council passes the measure, it鈥檚 still subject to congressional review.
Below is a map of where the Saudi embassy is.
Before the ANC meeting, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis will brief the Senate Wednesday on Saudi Arabia and Yemen amid increasingly vocal calls in Congress for the U.S. to penalize Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi’s killing and to halt its support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
The U.S. intelligence community, however, will not be represented at the briefing.
Neither CIA Director Gina Haspel or Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is attending and their absence has angered Republican and Democratic members of Congress who are demanding answers on what role Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played in Khashoggi鈥檚 murder.
A Washington Post columnist, Khashoggi was a vocal critic of the Saudi royal family.
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According to reports, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi’s murder.
Congress and the White House are set for a showdown as there is bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for sanctions or other penalties for the Saudis and Trump has doubled down on the relationship.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says 鈥渟ome kind of response鈥� is needed from the United States for the Saudis鈥� role in the gruesome death. The Senate is considering a vote as soon as this week to halt U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
鈥淲hat obviously happened, as basically certified by the CIA, is completely abhorrent to everything the United States holds dear and stands for in the world,鈥� McConnell said Tuesday. 鈥淲e鈥檙e discussing what the appropriate response would be.鈥�
In the face of that, Congress is set to vote on a war powers resolution this week, which would withdraw U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, and is considering sanctions or other penalties for the kingdom.
But that depends on what comes out of the classified briefing, according to Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who demanded that Haspel or someone from the intelligence community be there.
海角社区app’s John Domen, ABC Radio and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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