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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) announced the nomination hearing for Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, President Obama's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. "At this crucial moment, after too many years of policy drift, we simply must get our Afghanistan strategy right. With the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following opening remarks for the nomination hearing for Christopher Hill, President Obama's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Iraq. Full text as prepared is below: This Committee will hold many hearings this year, but few more important than this...

Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), the ranking Republican on the Committee, to reauthorize a vital foreign policy and economic development tool - the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Kerry and Lugar introduced legislation in the Senate to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today in response to President's Obama's videotaped remarks to the people of Iran in celebration of Nowruz: "President Obama's eloquent address to the people and leaders of Iran commemorating Nowruz can be a watershed moment in public...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today regarding Pakistan's decision to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to office: "This is an important moment for Pakistan - by restoring Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to his position as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today in response to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's announcement ahead of the G-20 preparatory meeting taking place this weekend in London: "This Administration has offered a bold response to a global financial crisis that demands...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry released the following statement today about President Obama's speech on his Iraq withdrawal strategy before an audience of Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C.: "President Obama committed long ago to be as careful getting out of Iraq as the Bush Administration was careless going...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today released this statement following Defense Secretary Robert Gates' decision to allow photographers to document flag-draped coffins of fallen soldiers arriving at Dover Air Force Base with consent from the troop's family: "Secretary Gates has made a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D - Mass.) and Ranking Committee Minority Member, Senator Richard Lugar, issued the following statement today expressing concern about the deteriorating security situation in Sri Lanka: "Senator Lugar and I are greatly concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D - Mass.) and Ranking Committee Minority Member, Senator Richard Lugar, issued the following statement today expressing concern about the deteriorating security situation in Sri Lanka: "Senator Lugar and I are greatly concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) released the following statement following President Obama's reversal of the Global Gag Rule: "I am glad that President Obama has moved so swiftly to lift the Global Gag Rule which has too long handcuffed our ability to provide aid around the world. Today's...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D - Mass.) made the following statement today after an overwhelming 94 - 2 vote by the Senate to confirm President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of State, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. "After healthy debate from both the Foreign Relations Committee and today from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), incoming Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below following this morning's meeting where the Committee ordered favorably reported the prospective nomination of Hillary R. Clinton to be Secretary of State by a roll call vote of 16-1."The 16 to 1 roll call vote...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Incoming Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) today released the following opening remarks for the confirmation hearing of Susan Rice, the President-Elect's designee to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations with the rank and status of Ambassador.Full text as prepared...

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Incoming Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) today announced several top staff members for the 111th Congress. David McKean, the Senator's former Chief of Staff, will serve as Staff Director on the committee. Doug Frantz joins the committee as Chief Investigator, Frederick Jones as...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Incoming Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) today announced he will join outgoing Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and Vice President-Elect Sen. Joe Biden later this week on a fact-finding trip to Southwest Asia. The CODEL will also include Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-ME), and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Incoming Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) released the following statement today following the news of the passing of his colleague, mentor, and esteemed former committee chairman, Senator Claiborne Pell:"Public service was stamped in Claiborne Pell's DNA. He was a quiet giant and a gentleman to...