HOUSE OF REPS/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a warning to President Donald Trump not to try to withdraw the United States from the NATO military alliance, the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday [1-22-19] approved legislation aimed at preventing such a move. The Democratic-led House approved the measure by a bipartisan 357-22 vote, with the only ‘no’ votes coming from Republicans. It now goes to the Republican-majority Senate, where its future is unclear, although a similar measure has been introduced there. At a news conference before the vote, Democratic lawmakers said they were alarmed by reports of the Republican president’s low regard for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a 70-year-old military alliance that joins the United States and Canada with allies in Europe. The New York Times said last week that several times over the course of 2018, Trump privately told his advisers he wanted to withdraw from NATO.”
–Susan Cornwell, “House approves bill warning against U.S. NATO pullout,” Reuters, January 22, 2019 4:54 pm