Breakfast Briefing on the Middle East with US Senator Chris Van Hollen - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Chris van Hollen event

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) discussed US policy and congressional priorities in the Middle East at this Al-Monitor PRO breakfast briefing.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) made it clear that Congress will block the F-16s sale to Turkey, if Ankara doesn’t allow Finland and Sweden into NATO. Van Hollen speaking at the Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) Tunnel North Portal on January 30, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about a range of issues as Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue looks on during an event devoted to "America's farmers and ranchers" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC131BDDFC60

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