Chris Van Hollen: “I see the U.S. and Algeria having a lot of areas of agreement: regional stability in the Maghreb...”

The job of a U.S. ambassador, and their staff, whether a political or civilian employee, is to defend and protect U.S. interests.

We must hold them to this standard and hold a hearing to determine what the Department knows, as well as request the original report written by embassy staff on the status about these killings.

We ask that you pause any use of the SMART tool until we can better understand your decision-making, rollout process, and evaluation plan.

We are incredibly concerned by the use of the NCR region to pilot AI tools in safety-critical aviation systems.