Tester writes letter to Obama

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has penned a letter to President Barack Obama requesting that he take up several issues with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when he comes to Washington, D.C., for a state dinner in March.

Obama extended the invitation to Trudeau in December for the March 10 dinner at the White House.

In the page-and-a-half letter dated Jan. 26, Tester said that the U.S. relationship with Canada is “critically important to our economy, national security and environment.”

Tester said that joint U.S. and Canadian efforts to patrol the border, especially the 550 miles Montana shar...