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McConnell spends time with military supporters during local visit

The United States is facing its biggest threat since World War II right now, observed longtime U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell as he spoke following a recent visit in the local community.

McConnell Again Pledges Efforts Toward National Defense And Foreign Policy

For more than four decades, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell has carved out the Commonwealth’s seat on the national stage — elected through a pair of generations to repeatedly carry the state’s needs back and forth from “The Hill” in Washington, D.C. Those efforts continued Thursday, when the Republican giant and self-proclaimed Reaganite visited with leadership in Murray and Calloway County, before making a late-afternoon stop with Fort Campbel…

Senator McConnell stops in Hopkinsville to talk national defense | NewsRadio 1230 AM/99.3 FM | Hopkinsville's News Leader | Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell visited Hopkinsville on Thursday and shared his plans to focus on national defense and foreign policy during his final two years in office. McConnell has represented Kentucky in the Senate since 1984, and earlier this year, he announced that he is not seeking reelection. On Thursday, McConnell met with local leaders and elected officials at the Christian County Chamber of Commerce to discuss national defense effo…

McConnell talks trade, defense spending, foreign affairs in Hopkinsville visit

The Kentucky Republican, who has about 18 months left in office, differs with many in his party over tariffs and isolationism.