Dick Lugar

I commend my colleague, Senator Mary Landrieu, who recently visited Guatemala with a delegation in hopes of prodding the government to resolve these issues.

The regime's shocking brutality over the past 5 months and opposition figures' outreach to these communities is eroding that support.

I remain a proponent of a strong bilateral relationship with Turkey and its continued integration into Europe.

We continue to work closely with Russia to develop additional measures to stop Iran's development of a nuclear weapons program.

The United States Coast Guard has acknowledged that Cape Verde is its strongest partner in the region.

We have had some difficulty, as I understand, not just with our assistance pertaining to the elections, but likewise with economic assistance.

I just wanted to conclude by saying that I appreciate the service that both of you have given to our country.

That's an important reassurance.

I think that, clearly, there--we need to help open up the Chinese market to some of our services...

I look forward very much to today's hearing to learn more about Secretary Locke and his strategy for approaching the Chinese.

Concern is particularly acute in Guatemala, and it appears that the burgeoning presence of Mexican drug traffickers is adding another layer of violence to a country already burdened by crime and corruption.

Ambassador Sherman, we will be working with you to implement that policy, not just here in the United States as far as the legislation that was enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank bill.

in 2007, Russia suspended implementation of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty and has not provided any CFE data since that time.

U.S. counterterrorism strategy must be more effectively counter the ideology behind WMD terrorism.

Turkey is a pivotal country at a critical place geographically, in a very tense moment of conflict throughout the region.

USCIRF has played and continues to play an important and positive role in advocating for religious freedom throughout the world.

We have continued to work with Russia to follow through on the vision of Senator Lugar and former Senator Nunn to enhance the physical security at Russia's chemical, biological, and nuclear research, production and storage facilities.

But in recent years, that regional stability has been shaken as Mexico has struggled with criminal violence, debilitating corruption, and drug financed cartels.

I think sometimes we think, well, this is no longer an issue: we need to move on to third countries and other issues. It is not.

A Pew Foundation study from December 2009 indicated that approximately 70 percent of the population of the world lives in areas where religious freedom is severely restricted.

Regional stability in Southeast Europe is a foreign policy priority of the United States.

I would mention, as you well know, this is of great interest to many of our friends in Europe.

We support calls by the Syrian opposition to unite around the principle of a representative, inclusive, and pluralistic government.

Russia abstained on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which gave international support for NATO successful campaign to protect Libyan civilians.

We remain committed to denuclearization as our ultimate goal.