If we are going to achieve our national security objective, it is critical to ensure our diplomatic corps is putting the right people with the right tools, and the right resources, and training in the right places to carry out their work.
Emphasizing the importance of a well-resourced diplomatic corps for national security.
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We are working to do that. Obviously, in the countries that have been on the receiving end of coups, there are some limits that we have to abide by.
Russia is committing aggression not only against Ukraine but against the principles at the heart of the United Nations Charter--sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence--that are the building blocks for global peace and security.
We are also asking Congress to fully fund the State Department's educational and cultural exchanges.
We need to keep up this momentum. That requires a State Department budget that we fully resource.
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