FREE BEACON: State Arms Official Accused of Misleading Congress on Russian Treaty Breach

House GOP members want Kerry to block Gottemoeller from No. 2 NATO post

Rose Gottemoeller / AP

BY: Bill Gertz
March 17, 2016 5:00 am

A senior State Department official misled Congress on a Russian arms treaty violation and should not be named NATO’s deputy secretary general, according to a group of Republican House members.
Rose Gottemoeller, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, is the expected replacement for outgoing NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow.
The position is considered a key post for alliance policy and 13 House Republicans on Tuesday are seeking to block the appointment over what they say were several instances of misleading congressional testimony by Gottemoeller on Russian arms control violations.
“We strongly urge you to rescind the nomination, due to Ms. Gottemoeller’s history of providing conflicting information to Congress and our NATO allies,” the members stated in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry dated March 15.

 

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