A senior US lawmaker plans to hold a Congressional hearing to explore improved cooperation with Moscow on counterterrorism efforts in the wake of two deadly bombings in Russia this week, RIA Novosti reports.
“We need to overcome the Cold War mentality and work together to stop terrorist attacks before they happen,” RIA Novosti quotes U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, as saying in a statement on Thursday.
“Whenever unarmed citizens are victims of terrorist attacks, we should stand in solidarity with their countries – especially with Russia,” RIA Novosti quotes Rohrabacher, a Republican from California. “Unfortunately, our own recent relations with Moscow have called into question what should be Washington’s automatic response.”
