WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in reaction to yesterday’s deadly attack on a U.S. convoy in Nigeria:
“I am deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the murder of U.S. government employees in southern Nigeria. I offer my deepest condolences to their loved ones, and call upon the government of Nigeria to offer its full support to the United States as we work together to find the perpetrators of this senseless attack and swiftly bring them to justice.”
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