The policy is we are encouraging our friends to stop it because the feuding with Qatar and the economic sanctions agains...
The sanctions we have reimposed are causing grief for our allies but, more importantly, obviously, are having effects in...
I think it is having a very deleterious impact on our diplomacy in the region.
I want to ask about China's Belt and Road Initiative. We are seeing signs of backlash to that project in recipient count...
I was struck by what you said, Mr. Mattis, in talking about the Chinese believe that national security is achieving the ...
I guess I would just say to you, though, in the case of Hambantota, I went there. It was a brand-new port, and it was pr...
I think the U.S. has to think about the nuclear proliferation threats.
We really were curious why the Chinese were not concerned about Pakistan stability.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to the witnesses.
I think we have an opportunity here to be fairly comprehensive and systematic.
It was only after he got criticized on a right-wing television that he abruptly changed his mind and pulled the plug.
the loss of this income----
I hope that the press that's here has captured the human impact of a 35-day government shutdown.
they were pawns in this political battle which they really didn't understand.
So the loss of this income----
But on the other hand, it almost invites some people, politically, to seize on that and say, Good, that's how we're goin...
I like your reaction, but I--we think that's good public policy.
It was one ego that caused this to happen over an issue that was unrelated to the funding of the government: the wall.