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Congressmen say Turkey is undermining NATO

The top Democrat and the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized Turkey's purchase of a Russian air defense system and drilling in the Mediterranean.

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel arrives Sept. 16, 2020, for a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington investigating the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. — Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images

The Democratic and Republican leaders on the House Foreign Affairs Committee say Turkey’s “provocative behavior” is undermining NATO and US-Turkey relations.

Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and ranking member Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Turkey is hurting the trans-Atlantic alliance with its actions regarding Russia, Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.

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