I very much hope that this time we will be able to see Ukraine embark on a much bolder reform path.

Senator Durbin, Cardin, and I recently sent a letter to President Aliyev expressing concerns.

There has been a paradigm shift in European security, and we are unlikely to go back to business as usual any time soon.

As we sort of think about the future path for Ukraine, we of course envision them joining the EU.

It will be a hard road for them to travel.

I think if there is a calculus that is being made by the Chinese, that calculus will be affected by the strength of our partnerships in the region.

Russia is employing a set of tools that is unprecedented.

I believe that what Putin has done here has actual, maybe not in the short term, but in the mid to longer term, real consequences for Russia economically.

This is important, so we want to be able to get the nominees that were underlying in the business meeting through.

As we are increasingly concerned about security interests, we tend to spend a little bit less time focusing on some of the human rights issues.

The United States-Czech relationship is a special one.

It is extremely important that that also is a point we make over and over again.