Sens. Young, Van Hollen, Leahy Urge Pompeo to Immediately Sanction Turkey Over Wrongful Detention of Locally Employed Staff of U.S. Diplomatic Missions
March 07, 2020
March 07, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the State Department to sanction Turkey over the wrongful detention of locally employed staff at U.S. diplomatic missions in Turkey, as required by law. The letter points to their recently passed appropriations language mandating visa bans on foreign officials i . . .
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the State Department to sanction Turkey over the wrongful detention of locally employed staff at U.S. diplomatic missions in Turkey, as required by law. The letter points to their recently passed appropriations language mandating visa bans on foreign officials i . . .