Mattis, who speaks with his Saudi counterparts often, was asked today whether he's talked to them about missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi: "we're monitoring this situation very closely."
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) October 9, 2018
When pressed how exactly DOD is monitoring, he says they're doing so "intellectually" pic.twitter.com/FZjSubgg1T