e. David Cornstein, the new U.S. ambassador to Hungary, who will arrive in Budapest in a few weeks, might make a difference. In his appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in early May, he spoke eloquently about promoting American values. He promised to fight against anti-Semitism, not just in Hungary but elsewhere in E

hat he has thinned out the amount of staff at the bureau." The report, "released Tuesday, comes two days before Pompeo's scheduled testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday, where he is expected to face considerable scrutiny from Democratic senators." Says the report, "Over the last three and a half years, the

Cheney, 4.29M) reports that on Thursday, Lisa Kenna, Secretary of State Pompeo's executive secretary, and "gatekeeper of sorts to his office," told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "2019 contacts between Pompeo and...Rudy Giuliani — which ultimately led to the ouster of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch --" wer

n/2020/07/30/pompeo-slams-us-tech-for-downplaying-china-cyber-threat.html> (7/30, Macias, 3.62M) reports on its website that in an appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Secretary of State Pompeo "slammed U.S. tech companies...for their lack of transparency in regards to the breadth and depth of intelle

succeeding Mr. Blinken as Mr. Obama's deputy national security adviser. She, too, is a former aide to Mr. Biden, serving as deputy chief counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2007 to 2008 while Mr. Biden was chairman. Ms. Haines also served as counsel to Mt Obama's National Security Council, helping him navigate leg

f- dozen occasions." Hyten, however, has denied the allegations. Senate Committee Backs Craft To Be UN Ambassador. Reuters (7/25, Zengerle) reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted 15-7 to back Kelly Craft, currently the US Ambassador to Canada, as President Trump's envoy to the United Nations. Sen. Bob Menen

succeeding Mr. Blinken as Mr. Obama's deputy national security adviser. She, too, is a former aide to Mr. Biden, serving as deputy chief counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2007 to 2008 while Mr. Biden was chairman. Ms. Haines also served as counsel to Mr. Obama's National Security Council, helping him navigate le

rebukes from the White House that President Trump had not been briefed about the threats to U.S. soldiers before the reports surfaced;' Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the proper people have been aware of every single threat to our soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan whether that was General [Austin) Mille

rop Resistance To State Dept. Nominees. Bloomberg (7/10, Wadhams, Flatley, 4.73M) reports Secretary of State Pompeo "is refusing to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unless it holds hearings on five senior State Department nominees, including the administration's new ambassador to Ukraine, in what Democrats call

Abrams Tells Senators US Will Continue To Recognize Guaid6 As Venezuela's Interim President. The AP (8/4, Smith) reports that om testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, the US's special representative to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, "said...that the Trump Administration will continue recognizing lawmaker Jua

ficials for certifying halal meat exports. The article explained that the contract is a key part of the probe examining whether Menendez, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, or his wife received gifts in exchange for political favors. The article detailed that Nadine Arslanian, who married Menendez in 2020, attended th

Utah. In other words, he is not intimate with the foreign-policy crowd, even compared with Obama four years ago, who at least sat for two years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Almost certainly, however, Romney's possibles include Robert Zoellick, the outgoing president of the World Bank; Stephen Hadley, national securit

and that, his record to date notwithstanding, he truly wants to liberalize his regime. As recently as last November, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman and frequent Obama administration surrogate who EFTA00708199 has met with Mr. Assad several times in the past two years, declared: "I rem

he New Yorker Where Is the Kerry Plan for Peace? Bernard Avishai April 11, 2014 -- On Tuesday, when Secretary of State John Kerry appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the questioning from his former colleague John McCain was surprisingly mocking. Kerry EFTA00662852 and McCain are both Vietnam veterans (and fai

shown a willingness to overrule the administration in the past. In late 2011, for instance, New Jersey Democrat Robert Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, worked with Illinois Republican Mark Kirk to impose crushing sanctions on the Iranian central bank despite strong opposition from the administrati

e White House that EFTA01658331 President Trump had not been briefed about the threats to U.S. soldiers before the reports surfaced," Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the proper people have been aware of every single threat to our soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan whether that was General [Austin) Mille

. ... The Trump administration has insisted the arms sales are crucial to protect the region against a growing threat from Iran. The vetoes come as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to vote Thursday on two competing bipartisan bills to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia." -- A Navy SEAL platoon was kicked out of Iraq for c

gton seemed to be holding its breath. On the evening before Trump was sworn in, Bob Corker, the Republican senator from Tennessee and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opened his remarks as the featured speaker at a gathering at the Jefferson Hotel with the existential question, “Where are things going?” He paused