We can use these instruments to facilitate the private sector playing the role.

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.

That is an enormous return on our investment and essential for competing with China around the world.

In the Middle East, we're standing with Israel in its efforts to ensure what happened on October 7th never happens again.

The People's Republic of China is pursuing military, economic, and geopolitical preeminence, challenging our vision for a free, open, secure, and prosperous international order.

The extremely wrongheaded decision by the ICC prosecutor yesterday... complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement.

We have managed to move to a better trajectory politically to get back to a clearly mandated democratic government.

We have impressed upon Israel time and again the imperative of really bringing a determined focus to this.

In the Middle East, we are standing with Israel and its efforts to ensure that what happened on October 7 never happens again as we do everything we can to bring an end to the terrible human suffering in Gaza and prevent the conflict from…

We have delivered essential American aid to Ukraine, and we have rallied the international community to share the burden with us.

Because of the actions we have taken the United States is stronger economically, diplomatically, and militarily than we were 3 years ago.

We are the lead provider of emergency food assistance to people around the world.

We will make, as we have, other arrangements in other places to make sure that we can conduct the necessary missions to ensure our security.

We see, I think this committee sees, corruption as being one of the most poisonous things that undermines democracies.

That is, again, totally misleading and wrong.

Feed the Future that USAID runs is one of the most important programs that we have in the government.

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.

I agree wholeheartedly with the short litany of items that you listed in terms of what China is doing to try to pursue its military, economic, diplomatic, preeminence or dominance in the world and across the board.

We have offered them nothing not to invade Rafah except a plan to deal more effectively with Rafah.

I believe that we can bring much more to the table than the Russians can.

We need to keep up this momentum. That requires a State Department budget that we fully resource.

In the Middle East, we're standing with Israel in its efforts to ensure what happened on October 7th never happens again.

In an era of renewed great power competition we must present the strongest possible offer.

We have impressed upon Israel time and again the imperative of really bringing a determined focus to this.

We see the effort to get a ceasefire and the release of hostages as the best, most effective way forward.