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Rep. from New York urges SOFA reforms after overseas detention case and presses Serbia for accountability in 1999 killings
House Foreign Affairs Committee · December 12, 2025
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Summary
A New York member called for modernization of status-of-forces agreements to protect U.S. service members and pressed for U.S. diplomatic and congressional pressure on Serbia to pursue accountability for three Americans killed in 1999.
A New York representative speaking to the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged the body to modernize status-of-forces agreements (SOFAs) to ensure U.S. service members receive basic procedural protections abroad and pressed for accountability in a decades-old case in Serbia.
The member said SOFAs should guarantee rights such as prompt…
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