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Bipartisan Senate group urges administration to reinstate Houthis’ Foreign Terrorist Organization designation
The lawmakers called the decision to withdraw the FTO designation ‘misguided’ and said that the Houthis’ current designation is insufficient
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 10: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks during a NATO public forum as part of the 2024 NATO Summit on July 10, 2024 in Washington, DC.
A bipartisan group of senators wrote to Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Thursday pressing him to redesignate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Their letter suggests growing frustration on Capitol Hill over the administration’s refusal to take...