Senators Van Hollen and Graham, by issuing the letter on Monday, are believed to be concerned that restraining from punishing Ankara undermines Washington's efforts to deter other countries from buying Russian military hardware.
Failure to sanction Turkey would send "a terrible signal to other countries that then can flout U.S. laws without consequence," they said in the letter.
In November, The Wall Street Journal cited a letter from Pompeo and U.S. defense chief Mark Esper to Egypt, which threatened sanctions if it bought fighter jets from Russia.
"Major new arms deals with Russia would - at a minimum - complicate future U.S. defense transactions with and security assistance to Egypt," the letter said.
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