The White House cited Sen. Rand Paul’s refusal to back Chad Meredith as the reason for dropping the nomination. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced a resolution in the Senate that would block the sale of F-16 military fighter jets to the Islamic nation of Turkey. The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) noted that Turkey is using these military weapons to help Azerbaijani conduct genocide against the Armenians.
“Turkey deployed US F-16s to Azerbaijani during its 2020 aggression against [Artsakh] (Nagorno Karabakh) – in violation of US and NATO restrictions on the third-party transfer of these weapons systems,” the ANCA wrote in a Tweet .
The legislation, Senate Joint Resolution 60 (SJR60) , is described as “a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Turkiye of certain defense articles and services.”
The full text of SJR60 can […]
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