Rex Tillerson: “We are going to have send China a clear signal that, first, the island building stops, and, second, your access to those…”

Secretary Tillerson has been clear that any resolution must provide a path to achieving the restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity and the safety and security for all its citizens, regardless of language, ethnicity, or religion.

Where religious freedom is not protected, we know that instability, human rights abuses, and violent extremism have a greater opportunity to take root.

I know the Senate's desire to understand the United States' legal basis for military action is grounded in your constitutional role related to foreign policy and national security matters.

Interim local political arrangements that give voice to all groups and ethnicities supportive of Syria's broader political transition must emerge with international support.