Senate Democrats Call on Pentagon to Halt Aid to Human Rights Abusers and Coup Governments

Call to halt plans for joint military exercises with military units.

Photo: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks to reporters during a Senate Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum Wednesday, September 13, 2023.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) on Friday called for the Biden administration to halt plans for joint military exercises with military units of countries accused of human rights abuses, or democratic nations fallen to coups.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the senators expressed concern the Pentagon is inviting units from countries overtaken by coups or that have participated in internationally condemned human rights abuses, including Sudan and Azerbaijan, to join American troops in military drills.

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