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The strategy will focus, not just on the security aspects, but on promoting political engagement, on promoting economic cooperation.

I am committed and determined to make that information available to Congress.

President Biden is firmly committed to advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific.

What they really want, is investment in their productive capacity, and this is absolutely critical to making sure that they have sustainable agricultural production.

We need an additional number of civil and foreign service employees to scale up the Indo-Pacific strategy, and to out-compete China.

We are meeting at an inflection point. The post-Cold War era is over, and there is an intense competition underway.

The immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression, most destructively, of course, through its brutal aggression against Ukraine.

We have had an almost perfect storm that has built up between climate change, between COVID, and of course conflict, and now, exacerbated dramatically by Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

We need more people to address some of these emerging priorities and emergencies.

I am determined to continue to do that and very much appreciate the work that we have been able to do with this committee over the last couple of years and look forward to the work ahead.

We can't do more with less. We must increase our investments in our diplomatic and development tools if we want to strengthen our national security.

It requires, and we are focused on a much more comprehensive approach to the Black Sea region.

If we allow the Russian aggression in Ukraine to go forward with impunity... we open a Pandora's box around the world.

We have worked from day one to do two things, foundational things: One is to support important investments in ourselves.

The first set is posed by our strategic competitors--the immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression, most destructively through its brutal war against Ukraine.

We need to be at the table wherever and whenever new international rules that affect the livelihoods of our people are being debated.

Russia continues to use global food supplies as a weapon of war.

The United States has an enduring interest in the Black Sea region and we are working on a strategy that will strengthen our political, security, economic, and energy cooperation with the region and promote democratic resilience.