If we were to end up in that world, our ability to do things, that on a bipartisan basis Congress supports, including support for Ukraine and its neighbors, including countering harmful PRC influence, and resourcing our Indo-Pacific strategy, including maintaining our leadership in everything, from humanitarian assistance, to global food security, we would be severely hindered in doing that.
Highlights the risks of budget cuts on bipartisan foreign policy efforts.
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I can't go into the details of our conversations today except to say that our Egyptian counterparts were in communication with Hamas as early, as recently as a few hours ago.
We have offered them nothing not to invade Rafah except a plan to deal more effectively with Rafah.
We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war.
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