US Lawmakers Restore NATO Observer Group to 'Stand with European Allies'

A bipartisan group aimed at strengthening congressional ties with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, has been re-established, more than a decade after it was disbanded. U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Thom Tillis on Wednesday relaunched the Senate NATO Observer Group, which they will co-chair. Initially established in 1997, the mission oversaw a number of alliance enlargement rounds and served as a focal point among U.S. administrations, NATO and Congress before it became...

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