{"id":1959204,"date":"2023-06-28T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shaheen-and-tillis-to-lead-bipartisan-senate-delegation-to-nato-summit-for-ukraine-push\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:43:07","slug":"shaheen-and-tillis-to-lead-bipartisan-senate-delegation-to-nato-summit-for-ukraine-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shaheen-and-tillis-to-lead-bipartisan-senate-delegation-to-nato-summit-for-ukraine-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaheen and Tillis to co-lead Senate delegation for Ukraine at NATO summit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshaheen-and-tillis-to-lead-bipartisan-senate-delegation-to-nato-summit-for-ukraine-push%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1959204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Bipartisan Delegation to Reaffirm U.S. Support for Ukraine at NATO Summit<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-da-blasts-gov-newsom-for-not-stopping-release-of-convicted-killer\/\" title=\"Calif. DA blasts Gov. Newsom for not stopping release of convicted killer\">bipartisan group<\/a> of senators is set to travel to Vilnius, Lithuania, next month for the NATO summit. Their mission is to reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-actually-very-close-president-trump-discusses-ongoing-efforts-to-turn-election-around-with-dr-maria-ryan-and-giuliani-audio\/\" title=\"\u201cWe Are Actually Very Close\u201d \u2013 President Trump Discusses Ongoing Efforts to Turn Election Around with Dr. Maria Ryan and Giuliani (AUDIO)\">ongoing efforts<\/a> to become a member of the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The six-member delegation, led by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), includes Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sens. Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Angus King (I-ME), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK). President Joe Biden will also be in attendance when the summit convenes on July 11-12.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn response to Putin\u2019s further invasion of Ukraine and his barbaric campaign of violence against a sovereign nation and civilian populations, NATO responded with historic unity and strength,&#8221; Shaheen and Tillis said in a statement. &#8220;To stand by our partners and defend democracy worldwide \u2014 from Putin or any adversary who threatens our rules-based order \u2014 the Alliance must continue to work in lock-step. We look forward to conveying that message and reaffirming the United States\u2019 commitment to that promise at the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the start of Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine last year, NATO had 30 members. However, Finland and Sweden quickly ended their neutrality and applied to join the alliance. Finland became the 31st member earlier this month, while Turkey and Hungary have objected to Sweden&#8217;s application.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been lobbying for NATO membership for his country in the years leading up to Russia&#8217;s invasion. However, not all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-failure-of-epic-proportions-inside-the-european-unions-failed-vaccine-rollout\/\" title=\"\u2018A Failure Of Epic Proportions\u2019: Inside The European Union\u2019s Failed Vaccine Rollout\">member states<\/a> were convinced to approve the application due to concerns over Ukraine&#8217;s corruption issues. Turkey, in particular, has expressed reservations about granting Ukraine&#8217;s request to join the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the potential for Ukraine joining NATO, President Biden made it clear that the country would have to meet the same standards as other member nations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNo,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;Because they\u2019ve got to meet the same standards. So, we\u2019re not going to make it easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden emphasized that while Ukraine has demonstrated its military capabilities, it must also address issues of system security and corruption to fully meet NATO&#8217;s standards. He dismissed reports that his administration was considering waiving the requirement for Ukraine to have a Membership Action Plan to join NATO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they&#8217;ve done everything relating to demonstrating the ability to coordinate militarily, but there&#8217;s a whole issue of: Is their system secure? Is it noncorrupt? Does it meet all the standards every other nation in NATO does?&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think they will. I think they can, but it&#8217;s not automatic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of senators, including Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), will visit Vilnius, Lithuania, for the NATO summit. Their aim is to reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine and its ongoing efforts to join the alliance. This trip highlights bipartisan commitment to Ukraine&#8217;s membership aspirations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1959205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}