Kenyan President Won’t Address Joint Session

Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Fri, 05/10/2024 - 3:57am

Speaker Mike Johnson has decided not to invite Kenyan President William Ruto to address a joint session of Congress when he visits Washington for a state visit later this month, rebuffing a request from the leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Punchbowl News reports. Johnson’s staff blamed “scheduling restraints.”

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