Jim Kolbe: “If you fold it into the State Department completely, what you are doing is you are subjecting it to the political…”

We must honestly acknowledge the failures of our foreign assistance programs, such as in a country like Zimbabwe.

Without getting into the weeds on the issues of the presidential campaign, the activities of Russia and the former Soviet Union to undermine democracy around the world have been going on for a long time.

It has been a vocal advocate for elevating development as a national security pillar equal to that of defense and diplomacy.

This is the moment for the United States and Europe to negotiate the boldest, broadest trade and investment agreement we have ever contemplated since World War II.