Afghan President Ghani to speak to joint meeting of US Congress next month
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner is inviting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress when he visits Washington next month.
Boehner says the speech would give the newly elected Afghan leader a change to talk about the U.S.-Afghan relations going forward. That’s at a time when international troops are withdrawing and Afghan security forces have taken over security for the nation.
The speech is set for March 25. Ghani will be the second Afghan president to address Congress. Former President Hamid Karzai appeared before a joint meeting of Congress on June 15, 2004.
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