WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) urged United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to halt his plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including the island that is home to the joint U.S.-U.K. military base on Diego Garcia, to Mauritius in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor.
Key excerpts of the speech are below:
"The only person on this planet who thinks this is a good idea besides Prime Minister Starmer is Xi Jinping of China. He has been, for years, anticipating that this might happen, cozying up to Mauritius, and they have become best buddies. . . . Because once Mauritius owns the Chagos Islands-even though they say they are going to sign a lease and allow the ...