Foreign Relations & International Law

Letter from Rep. Adam Smith in Opposition to JASTA

Quinta Jurecic
Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 4:51 PM

Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, has written the following letter in opposition to JASTA. President Obama vetoed the bill on Friday, September 23rd, and the Senate is set to vote to override the veto.

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Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, has written the following letter in opposition to JASTA. President Obama vetoed the bill on Friday, September 23rd, and the Senate is set to vote to override the veto. Lawfare has covered the issue as it has developed.


Quinta Jurecic is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare. She previously served as Lawfare's managing editor and as an editorial writer for the Washington Post.

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