In my capacity as lead Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation. I was honored to head our delegation. We were there to witness firsthand the plight of refugees arriving by sea on the island of Lesbos. In Greece and later in Germany. we received indepth briefings on the refugee crisis and Europes response to it. In Kiev. we conferred with the Ukrainian Prime Minister and President about their countrys struggle to create a stable democracy in the face of ongoing Russian aggression. Nearly a quarter of a million Syrians have been killed during the current conflict in the Middle East.
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