{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=B20787A7-3353-4056-9B8B-436358802E95", "Leader McConnell Meets with General Joseph Aoun", "2021-11-05", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Mitch McConnell", "M000355", "www.mcconnell.senate.gov", "mcconnell", "https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement after meeting with General Joseph Aoun, Chief of Defense of the Lebanese Armed Forces:\n\n\u201cI was glad to welcome General Aoun to the Capitol yesterday to discuss ongoing security cooperation efforts.\n\n\u201cSince the end of the Syrian occupation in 2005, the Lebanese Armed Forces have steadily worked to become a professional and reliable partner in counterterrorism. Today, as Lebanon faces growing economic, political, and security challenges, I especially appreciate the Defense Department\u2019s close partnership with the LAF.\n\n\u201cThis partnership is important to our shared interest in countering those who promote sectarianism, violence, and terror in an important region.\n\n\u201cI also expressed to General Aoun my expectation that the LAF will remain firmly on the side of Lebanon\u2019s people as it seeks to provide security and secure Lebanon\u2019s sovereignty, consistent with UN Security Council resolutions 1559 and 1701.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=B20787A7-3353-4056-9B8B-436358802E95"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9562200866639614, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}