He has directed the targeting and the killing of innocent civilian women, children in Aleppo and in other parts of Syria.

a cursory glance around the globe reveals disturbing trends of an authoritarian resurgence threatening human rights and democracy.

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town-square test.

This hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues will come to order.

We are going to have two panels testifying today.

What do they say about you in Saudi Arabia?

Well, we appreciate all of you for being here. The record is going to remain open for 48 hours, and I thank you all again for your time and for your brave testimony.

I want to salute, Madam Chairman, the United States Navy who made the decision just yesterday to locate the MQ4C Triton Program in Jacksonville at the Mayport Naval Station.

After the President visited Cuba and left, what was the government--the Castro government's reaction to the people who met with him?

we should somehow separate the political opening from the economic debate

Vladimir Putin is targeting democracy as an institution. Undermining democracy and of course United States is the most lucrative target for a KGB agent.

We have now had two administrations who believed that somehow this is someone we could work with.

There was still political resistance that we could see expressed, whether it was through rock bands, political parties, demonstrations.

The spread of democracy is the only proven remedy for nearly every crisis that plagues the world today.

So there's a million hours being used, and nobody knows what the pool is?

I'd like to request from Mr. Cox, if you could, send me in writing what the total official time pool is for VA.

I always felt like everyone should have that due process that, if I followed it as an administrator, I could get rid of bad employees.

Vladimir Putin at this point has amassed more power in his hands than any leader in Moscow since Stalin in the '50s.