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Washington, DC and deliver remarks. US Senate: EFTA00150812 • Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing on U.S. security assistance in the Middle East - Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Subcommittee hybrid hearing on 'U.S. Security Assistance in the Middle East', with testi
sistance in the Middle East - Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Subcommittee hybrid hearing on 'U.S. Security Assistance in the Middle East', with testimony from Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Regional Affairs Mira Resnick; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middl
gations, including by United Nations officials, have determined the Rohingya were victims of genocide or that there was strong evidence of it." Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said, "This administration is undermining the legitimacy of its human rights policy by failing to make this declaration." With the fourth an
well. Fully fifty senators signed on before President Obama sent word that he would veto the measure, given the country's growing aversion to more Middle Eastern wars; AIPAC quickly backed down. It seems reasonable that the lobby's executives considered a timely retreat far preferable to a full blown defeat
icant counterweight to China? Why should we care who runs the government of Ukraine? Why would we want to be involved in the hornet's nest that is the Middle East these days? What would be the most deft, sophisticated and effective way for us to respond to China's growing assertiveness in East Asia? What kin
The Obama administration wants to keep ten thousand U.S. troops in that country for the next decade or more. The resolution, sponsored by Democrats Jeff Merkley and Joe Manchin and Republicans Mike Lee and Rand Paul, argues that such a commitment is a bridge too far when it comes to presidential prerogative
ing regions. And it was the government that built the Eire Canal, which opened the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean enabling the development of the Midwest. The private sector didn't/won't rebuild New Orleans, the Jersey Shore or other storm damages areas. And to say that government is the problem is a
o protect us and the discretion to do it in secret. But there are fresh warnings, now, from senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, and from others too: Jeff Merkley and Barbara Mikulski and Dick Durbin, and a Republican, Mark Kirk, and an independent, Bernie Sanders. The warnings all say: the more we give to th
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