“If the administration chooses to override the F-16 veto, I will oppose it and there will be consequences,” Senator and Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez told reporters on the sidelines of the Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit in New York.
“My veto on F-16s for Turkey is not something that is written in the law. It is something that is an unwritten rule,” he stressed.
[Biden has to have known this before entering negotiations with Erdogan. He might be counting on support from Senate Republicans for the overall goal of NATO expansion to avoid Menendez’ “consequences.” And he might be proven correct in expecting it. — Ed]
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