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Congress presses Tunisia on security sector reform

House panel says the Arab Spring poster child isn't a democracy yet.
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi (L) listen to the translations as they deliver remarks to reporters after their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington May 21, 2015.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1DZY4

A key congressional panel on Sept. 17 urged Tunisia to reform its troubled security services if it hopes to be recognized as a full-fledged democracy.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee's Middle East panel easily cleared a resolution to honor the Tunisian people for their democratic transition. Committee edits, however, reveal that the panel has a less rosy perspective than the Congressional Tunisia Caucus co-chairs who co-authored the original bill.

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