WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to provide for a temporary, emergency authorization of defense articles, defense services, and related training directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). This legislation would allow the U.S. to provide direct assistance to the KRG, a critical partner in the fight against ISIL. The companion bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and has broad bipartisan support across the ideological spectrum.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-south Carolina) questioned Air Force General and Commander of the U.S. European Command Philip M. Breedlove during a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on U.S. European Command programs and budget in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Program.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made these statements on the floor of the United States Senate in support of Corker-Menendez-Graham-Kaine legislation which would require President Obama to submit any nuclear deal with Iran to the Congress for review.

WASHINGTON -– U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and John McCain (R-Arizona) today released the following statement on Iran’s seizure of the Maersk Tigris, a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz: