My question was really, what kind of a message does that send to the rest of the world when we are not willing to accept people fleeing religious persecution in the United States?

Energy is a critical issue in Croatia, in the past few years and going forward.

I think it is probably more important now than it has been in the last several decades, perhaps since Yugoslavia broke apart, to have countries in the Western Balkans who are offsetting some of the influence from Russia.

I appreciate the work you did in the Senate to address religious persecution.

We do not currently have someone in charge of heading up these efforts.

I think we have got to shine the light on this situation more.

We have a group of Indonesians in New Hampshire who have been here fleeing persecution from Indonesia, religious persecution.

Congratulations to both of you on your nominations and on your willingness to serve the country.

the need to counter those efforts, and, at the same time, the need to look at places where we can work with Russia because we have mutual interests.

I understood you to say that you believe we should continue the moratorium on nuclear testing.

Just to thank all of you for your willingness to serve. Congratulations on your nominations, and we look forward to hearing from you.

We are not in the meeting-in-the-middle business anymore.

That we should continue the moratorium on nuclear testing?

I share your commitment to building democratic institutions in Europe and Eurasia, as democratic institutions are a critical to counter Russian malign influence.

It is also one of the reasons why diversity within our State Department is very important as well.

I certainly hope you will, like Dr. Poblete, engage with members of the bureau and respond to concerns before making any sweeping changes.

I appreciate that. And I think all of us agree that we want to hold Iran accountable.

I voted for the 51.2 billion in funding for the State Department, which... is significantly more than the proposal submitted by the President.