WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
Last Friday, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, led a letter to Vice President JD Vance ahead of his upcoming trip to Azerbaijan. In the letter, the members urged Vice President Vance to raise concerns about the detention of Virginia constituent Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu in Azerbaijan and the country's broader human rights record. The letter is cosigned by Virginia delegation members, including U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner and U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Don B...