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Member urges modernization of status-of-forces agreements and U.S. pressure on Serbia in murder case
Summary
A member (identified in the transcript as Representative Nicola Lota) asked the committee to modernize status-of-forces agreements after a 2021 case in Japan and urged diplomatic pressure and a resolution (cited as H Conres 41) pressing Serbia to cooperate on the killings of three U.S. citizens.
Representative Nicola Lota (identified in the transcript as a New York lawmaker and navy veteran) told the committee the United States should modernize status-of-forces agreements so service members receive basic protections — counsel, interpreters and protection from inappropriate pretrial detention — citing the 2021 case of Navy…
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