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Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the question of sovereign accountability around Saudi Arabia's alleged role has returned to Washington's front burner.
Families of those killed gathered at the Ground Zero memorial in New York to demand that President Donald Trump release unredacted government files they believe implicate the kingdom in the plot.
Terry Strada, whose husband Tom was killed in the attacks, delivered the central message from the memorial stage, accusing administrations across party lines of choosing to protect Saudi Arabia over the families.
She cited President Barack Obama's 2016 veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act as a specific instance; Congress later overrode that veto, allowing families to sue the kingdom.
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