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Influential senator offers bill to arm Syria rebels

May 9, 2013 03:57
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Robert Menendez, the chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill on Monday that would provide weapons to some vetted groups of Syrian rebels. Menendez, a Democrat, was one of a few senators pushing the White House to provide for lethal aid to some of the rebels fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even before reports that chemical weapons had been used in the conflict.

Senator seeks to arm Syrian rebels

May 7, 2013 10:32
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the chairman of the influential Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill on Monday that would provide weapons to some vetted groups of Syrian rebels. Menendez, a Democrat, was one of a few senators pushing the White House to provide for lethal aid to some of the rebels fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even before reports that chemical weapons had been used on a small scale in the conflict.

Key US Democrat under grand jury probe: report

March 15, 2013 13:00
Robert Menendez, the influential head of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, is under investigation by a grand jury in Miami for alleged influence peddling, the Washington Post reported Friday. "As we have said all along, we welcome any review because Senator Menendez's actions have always been appropriate, and we believe the facts will confirm that," an aide to the politician said in an email. The US Attorney's office in Miami would not comment on the report.

Dominican woman recants sex claims on U.S. Senator Menendez, lawyer says

March 5, 2013 01:15
SANTO DOMINGO, March 4 (Reuters) - A Dominican woman who previously stated in a video that she was paid to have sex with U.S. Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey now says the allegations were false, according to a sworn statement released by a lawyer on Monday. The notarized affidavit was distributed by a prominent Dominican lawyer and friend of Menendez, Vinicio Castillo, who said it had been handed over to prosecutors. Castillo is not acting as the lawyer to the woman.

Prostitute admits fake claims against US senator: report

March 4, 2013 20:16
A prostitute who triggered a political scandal by claiming US Senator Robert Menendez paid her for sex has admitted she made up the allegations, the Washington Post reported on Monday. The Post report said the escort had told police in her native Dominican Republic that she had been paid to fabricate claims against the Democratic lawmaker, who is the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The report cited court documents and two people briefed on the issue as saying the woman admitted she had never met or seen Menendez before.

Ethics panel probing gifts to US senator

February 1, 2013 19:30
A US Senate ethics panel is reviewing claims the head of the Foreign Relations Committee accepted inappropriate gifts from a Florida donor who flew him to the Dominican Republic, lawmakers said Friday. US media reported that the FBI conducted a raid on Tuesday on the West Palm Beach offices of Salomon Melgen, a friend who has made financial contributions to the political campaigns of Democratic Senator Robert Menendez.

Speedy U.S. Senate confirmation seen for Kerry, maybe Tuesday

January 24, 2013 17:00
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on John Kerry's confirmation as President Barack Obama's secretary of state early next week, clearing the way for a quick vote by the full Senate, Senator Robert Menendez said on Thursday. Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who is next in line to chair the Foreign Relations Committee if Kerry is confirmed, said the panel had scheduled a business meeting on Tuesday during which it could vote the nomination.
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