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Bryant Harris is a freelance reporter in Washington covering the nexus of foreign policy, national security and US politics. He has years of experience covering Congress for Defense News and Al-Monitor with additional bylines in Foreign Policy, and IPS News. Prior to that, he covered the White House for Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, and served as a US Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. On Twitter: @brykharris_ALM
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Bryant Harris
In Washington, reporting on Congress
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In Washington, reporting on Congress
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In Washington, reporting on Congress
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In Washington, reporting on Congress
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In Washington, reporting on Congress
![WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) speaks about the things she witnessed on a trip to Israel and Auschwitz-Birkenau as part of a bipartisan delegation from the House of Representatives on January 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau is being remembered this week around the world. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Nita Lowey](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/07/GettyImages-1197124999.jpg/GettyImages-1197124999.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Wo9XIAc2)
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Bryant Harris
In Washington, reporting on Congress
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In Washington, reporting on Congress
![Israeli F-35 fighter jets roll on the tarmac during the "Blue Flag" multinational aerial exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 11, 2019. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/07/GettyImages-1181924688.jpg/GettyImages-1181924688.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=BiqnA1oc)
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![Smoke billows following an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on June 16, 2020. - Yemen is wracked by a war which has killed tens of thousands of people and led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations.
The war between Huthi rebels and pro-government forces escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition intervened against the rebels who control large parts of Yemen including the capital Sanaa. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) (Photo by MOHAM](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/07/GettyImages-1220292121.jpg/GettyImages-1220292121.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=7AQPKfH2)
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In Washington, reporting on Congress
![This aerial picture taken on June 28, 2020 in Istanbul shows Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul. - Turkey's top court is due on July 2, 2020 to deliver a critical verdict on the status of Istanbul's emblematic landmark church-turned-mosque-turned museum Hagia Sophia, a ruling which could inflame tensions mainly with neighboring Greece.
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In Washington, reporting on Congress
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Bryant Harris
In Washington, reporting on Congress