We continue to see democratic backsliding, and backsliding on human rights in a number of countries.
We have worked from day one to do two things, foundational things: One is to support important investments in ourselves.
President Biden is firmly committed to advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is why this proposal asks for an 18% increase in our bu...
We are fully prepared to move forward.
The budget will help us push back on advancing authoritarianism and democratic backsliding by strengthening democracies around the world.
We have worked from day one both to reengage, rejuvenate, and strengthen our existing alliances and partnerships.
The United States has a positive vision for the future: a world that's free, secure, open and prosperous.
I have been very engaged on seeing what we can do to help Armenia and Azerbaijan come to a peace agreement.
I very much appreciate the leadership of this committee; particularly you, Senator Graham, on this issue.
I think it is a way of--strongly encouraging, countries to take steps that they need to take to improve the human rights picture.
I agree with you, the Taliban is taking steps that are digging an even deeper hole for the people of Afghanistan.
Absolutely.
One of the things that we have learned in recent years is that the two most determinative things to having sustainable food production capac...
We put something together that I think is going to bear very good results.
We will produce that strategy. I think there is actually a deadline in the legislation of June.
We are.
The first set is posed by our strategic competitors--the immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression, most destructiv...
