GOP leader Mitch McConnell: U.S. would act fast to approve Sweden to NATO
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the U.S. would move quickly to approve Sweden’s application to join the NATO military alliance.
McConnell said during a press conference in Stockholm that while other countries in the Western alliance may be able to approve Sweden’s application sooner, he had no doubt it will be approved in the U.S. Congress, likely by August. “We anticipate moving this rapid -- in a more rapid fashion than past applications for NATO,” McConnell saidThe minority leader was visiting the region with a delegation of Republican senators in a show of support as the region confronts Russian aggression with its invasion of Ukraine.
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