More than 5 years after the start of the worst financial crisis and recession since the great depression, 9 of the 17 Eurozone countries are in recession. The Eurozone as a whole contracted for the sixth straight quarter, the longest in the history of the euro, and the broader 27-member European Union has now also slipped back into recession. This continuing weakness in Europe clearly has implications here in the United States and not just at a macroeconomic level but for the welfare of banks, businesses, consumers, and workers. Our cooperation with the EU also has broader national security...
More than 5 years after the start of the worst financial crisis and recession since the great depression, 9 of the 17 Eurozone countries are in recess...
The lessons we have learned from the tragedies in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, and Benghazi are emblematic of the broader issue we will increasingly face in the 21st century, and it will require our full, unequivocal, unwavering commitment to fully protect our embassies and those who serve this Nation abroad. We have studied what went wrong, we have looked back, and now it is time to look forward and do what needs to be done to prevent another tragedy in the future. After Benghazi, the ARB made 29 recommendations to State and to Congress. While we must do our part in overseeing State's...
The lessons we have learned from the tragedies in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, and Benghazi are emblematic of the broader issue we will increasingly face i...
The core of al-Qaeda has been significantly degraded. Ayman al-Zawahiri is not Osama bin Laden, and the central organization is on a path of decline, but the threat that remains is now decentralized. Al-Qaeda affiliates and other emerging extremist groups still pose a threat to the United States and our national interests. From Al Qaeda in Iraq to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, from al-Shabaab to Lashkar-e-Taiba, emerging extremist groups use al-Qaeda ties for financial assistance, training, arms, and messaging purposes. At the same time, they are often pursuing independent goals. Groups...
The core of al-Qaeda has been significantly degraded. Ayman al-Zawahiri is not Osama bin Laden, and the central organization is on a path of decline, ...
Although Iran's messenger may have changed in the last election, the message seems to have remained the same. The questions are these: Should we be cautiously hopeful for a diplomatic solution, given the new leadership and rhetoric coming from Tehran? What are the administration's near-term diplomatic goals and objectives for the P5+1 negotiations? How do we test Iranian intentions that they are negotiating in good faith? How do we get Iran to commit to transparency and to allow full verification that it has abandoned its pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability? Until we have the answers to...
Although Iran's messenger may have changed in the last election, the message seems to have remained the same. The questions are these: Should we be ca...
The situation in Egypt has tremendous implications for the region and for the United States. Our response and our policy must be carefully calibrated to press for the Democratic reforms that have been demanded by the Egyptian people and at the same time support United States national security interests in the region. These two goals require a complex policy response that allows us to advocate for much-needed democratic reforms, while also ensuring our own security needs. Terminating United States assistance at this time could provoke a further crisis in Egypt that would not be to our benefit....
The situation in Egypt has tremendous implications for the region and for the United States. Our response and our policy must be carefully calibrated ...
We convene this hearing, as we have convened many before, to make one of the most difficult decisions we are asked and tasked to make-the authorization of the use of American military power. This time in Syria to respond to the horrific chemical attack of August 21st that took the lives of 1,429 Syrians, including at least 426 children. The images of that day are sickening, and in my view, the world cannot ignore the inhumanity and the horror of this act. There are risks to action, but the consequences of inaction are greater and graver still: Further humanitarian disaster in Syria, regional...
We convene this hearing, as we have convened many before, to make one of the most difficult decisions we are asked and tasked to make-the authorizatio...
