McCaul says ‘important’ for Johnson to talk Ukraine with Trump: ‘He has tremendous influence over my conference’
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that it bodes well for Ukraine aid that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) discussed the matter with former President Trump, noting the former president still has “tremendous influence” in shaping the party’s policy positions. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan

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