WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in Newsweek explaining how the United Kingdom's plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including Diego Garcia, to Mauritius could harm the American military's ability to deter China.
Key excerpts of the op-ed are below:
"While President Trump was meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, America's most important asset in deterring China is under attack from an unlikely source: leftists at the United Nations and their British sympathizers.
"Officials in the United Kingdom are considering handing over the keys of the Chagos Islands, including the joint U.S.-U.K. military base on the island of Diego Garcia, to ...