Congress wants answers from the State Department after a recent inspector general report found that at least 10 bomb-sniffing dogs provided by the United States have died as a result of systematic mistreatment in Jordan.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the top Democrat on both the Senate Appropriations Committee and its State Department funding panel, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today voicing concerns over the canines’ mistreatment and the lack of accountability in the multimillion-dollar program.
