It just seems to me that we do not have a strategic comprehensive plan.
I introduced the Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act with Chairman Menendez. It is the beginning of doing just that...
You cannot govern without having your team in place.
China is aggressively all over the hemisphere.
We have a huge problem coming out of the pandemic with the reality that IMF requirements... these countries not going to...
I completely agree that we need ambassadors in these countries.
Thankfully, there is new leadership there that is moving in a different direction.
Without urgent action, this economic downturn could last for a decade.
Imagine that. Mind boggling. Our directors there, basically, allowed it to happen.
Beijing sees this and they are seizing the opportunity to grow both their influence and their power in the Western Hemis...
They really have been brave standing up to China and Russia, and, of course, they are right on the front line in Russia.