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Robbie Gramer, Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer, Will Brown, Judd Devermont, Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer

Biden Dispatches Senate Ally to Ethiopia to Address Crisis

Sen. Chris Coons questions then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2020. Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images

President Joe Biden is deploying one of his closest allies on Capitol Hill to East Africa to urge an end to the growing conflict in Ethiopia that has already killed thousands and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.

Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, once a top contender to be Biden’s secretary of state, is departing on a temporary diplomatic mission to meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to address the crisis in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray.

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