WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, today said the agreement he reached this evening with Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., limits the scope and duration of a congressional authorization for the use of military force against the Assad regime in Syria. The new draft...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week to consider legislation authorizing the use of U.S. military force in response to the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons in...
U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement after President Obama asked for congressional authorization to take military action against the Assad regime in Syria.
“I am very pleased that the president has listened to the suggestion we and many others have made to...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement after participating in a conference call with senior Obama administration officials regarding evidence of the Assad regime’s continued use of chemical weapons in Syria. Early this morning, Corker received a...
WASHINGTON - In an interview on CNN’s “OutFront,” U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, called on President Obama to call Congress back to Washington to seek approval for possible surgical, proportional military action in Syria.
“[T]he administration has consulted and we...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Urging the Obama administration to eventually seek congressional authorization for any use of military force in Syria, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, today said he would support a decision by the president to engage in surgical strikes against the Syrian government...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - In an interview for Fox News Sunday that was taped on Saturday but aired today, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, anticipated a surgical U.S. response to the likely confirmation of the recent chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime in Syria, expecting President Obama to...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Following additional revelations regarding the extent of NSA surveillance activities that appear to include details not previously disclosed to members of Congress outside of the intelligence committees, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, in a letter to President Obama today...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee, today questioned how the State Department could ensure accountability in light of its decision not to discipline employees involved in security failures that led to the deadly 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.
"I am...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Today on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for the U.S. to “recalibrate” future foreign aid to Egypt, consistent with America’s national interests.
"We need to keep the lines...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, returned today from a week-long trip (August 10-17) to the Middle East where he visited with U.S. and foreign officials in Turkey, Iraq and Jordan. The trip focused on regional political and security issues important...
JORDAN – U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement today regarding the violence in Egypt.
“The United States should continue to try to be a voice of calm in Egypt. I appreciated much of what the president had to say, and while it reflected an arms-length...
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Corker (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor against consideration of an amendment to immediately cut off U.S. security assistance to Egypt, arguing such a decision at this time could promote further instability and put U.S. interests and those of...
BY SEN. BOB CORKER | JULY 31, 2013
For the past 11 years, and especially the during the last five, a significant portion of U.S. foreign policy and warfighting has been conducted through covert action -- the secret efforts led by intelligence agencies to protect America's national security abroad. While these efforts have clearly been successful in...
WASHINGTON – During a hearing today on the crisis in Egypt, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said the U.S. should call for calm in Egypt and encourage a peaceful transition to democracy, rather than make an immediate decision about the future of the relationship with Egypt. Multiple...
WASHINGTON - During a Foreign Relations Committee today on improving security at U.S. embassies overseas following last year’s deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., reiterated his concerns about the lack of accountability regarding State Department officials who were placed on paid leave...
WASHINGTON – In a hearing to assess the U.S. transition in Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, called on President Barack Obama to quit delaying a decision on the number of U.S. forces to remain in Afghanistan after 2014. Corker made his fourth trip to Afghanistan and...
WASHINGTON – In a hearing to assess the U.S. transition in Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, called on President Barack Obama to quit delaying a decision on the number of U.S. forces to remain in Afghanistan after 2014. Corker made his fourth trip to Afghanistan and...
WASHINGTON - At the Woodrow Wilson Center today in Washington, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, participated in a panel discussion on the future of the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force against al Qaeda.
“When you look at not only the activities that we have to some degree underway...