Rubio Introduces U.S.-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act

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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the "U.S.-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015," legislation to support the Kingdom of Jordan in its response to the Syrian refugee crisis, cooperate with Jordan to combat the terrorist threat from ISIL and other terrorist organizations, and help secure Jordan's borders with Syria and Iraq.

"A stronger relationship with our friends in Jordan is essential to preventing ISIL from gaining more territory and massacring tens of thousands of additional innocent people and key to our efforts to defeat this group," said Rubio. "Given the President's failure to put together a strategy to fight ISIL, Congress must step in to bolster our allies in the region, such as Jordan, against this threat to global stability and safety."

The U.S.-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act passed the House of Representatives last week by unanimous consent. If passed by the Senate, the bill would be sent directly to the President for his signature.

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