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failed to comprehensively address China s growing reach from its predatory economic behavior and aggressive efforts to coerce its neighbors in the maritime domain its dangerous flexing of military muscle...engaged extensively on China over the last several months including passing the Strategic Competition Act with overwhelming bipartisan support...

Meeting Wednesday March 12 2014 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 113TH Congress First Session UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT 1 BUSINESS MEETING Wednesday March 12 2014 U S SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN...people 8 The Russian invasion and occupation of parts of Ukraine is the most recent 9 example in a series of events requiring little...

Meeting Wednesday March 12 2014 UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 113TH Congress First Session UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT 1 BUSINESS MEETING Wednesday March 12 2014 U S SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN...people 8 The Russian invasion and occupation of parts of Ukraine is the most recent 9 example in a series of events requiring little...

context of the Cold War on November 3 1961 President John F Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act to reorganize the structure of existing U S foreign assistance programs with Congress writing into...abroad and the foreign policy of the United States is best served thereby Thus with the passage of the Act by Congress U S foreign assistance...

political crises continue to deteriorate As I told you pri vately our Lebanon policy has helped prevent collapse but we have to admit it has not been successful in prompting the political elites to make...tensions running high ahead of elections next month Working with our partners and allies to help prevent more violence there will be critical And...

between the three Ds of defense diplomacy and development Development is effectively the ounce of prevention for the pound of cure we see in places like Sudan right now It cannot be an afterthought for the...needs of vulnerable communities in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh as they recover from Azerbaijani aggression Ms POWER I do not have that figure...

erosity of the American people who have funded the majority of international relief efforts helped prevent famine and far greater death toll If confirmed I am com mitted to helping to break Somalia s dependency...protect American citizens se cure the immediate and unconditional release of hostages prevent harm to civilians and prevent the conflict...

of dollars into supporting the Iraqi military since ISIS took over broad swaths of the country in 2014 are we confident that that institution can stand up and defend their country today in ways that it...in the coming weeks to draft the State and For eign Operations portion of the FY24 Appropriations Act and hope fully the answers we will get to...

urgent need to align our poli cies closely with our allies including the EU China s concerning and aggressive behavior is not new but Russia s brutal invasion created an opening I believe to work with nations...European partners or make strategic investments that undermine European security China has made aggressive economic overtures to secure 5G...

dependence on Russian energy resources I want to congratulate our European allies for making critical but difficult decisions to accelerate their strategy to end their dependency on Russian energy sources...of sanctions that would end their dependency on Russian oil Furthermore the European Union has accelerated its strategy to end its dependence...