As Europe worries about Trump, congressional leaders invite NATO head for joint address
Source: The Washington Post
By Seung Min Kim, Rachael Bade and Robert Costa March 11 at 3:05 PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is joining with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other congressional leaders to extend a rare bipartisan invitation to NATO’s secretary general to address a joint session of Congress next month, Pelosi’s office announced Monday.
McConnell and Pelosi had held quiet talks about the idea of an invitation to Jens Stoltenberg as they eye ways to honor NATO as it celebrates its 70th anniversary in April and underscore the U.S. commitment to the group’s values and importance in securing global order, according to three people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to speak publicly.
The invitation to Stoltenberg comes as President Trump’s nationalistic foreign policy has rattled U.S. allies and NATO members — and as he has pushed them to pay more for U.S. military protection and framed the alliance in transactional terms.
A McConnell spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment. A White House spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.
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