Jeanne Shaheen

Moldova is Europe's poorest country, according to the World Bank.

Macedonia seeks full European integration, including by joining the EU and NATO.

The President has been throughout this administration, both to engage with Iran to work out a new relationship, but at the same time to make clear that we expect Iran to come into full compliance with its obligations.

Its full integration can't be achieved, however, until the Macedonians and the Greeks resolve the lingering impasse over the country's name.

In today's complex international environment, it is critical for USAID and the State Department to recruit and retain America's best and brightest if we are to overcome the difficult security challenges of the 21st century.

I am pleased today to speak in strong support of Mara Rudman's nomination as the next Assistant Administrator for the Middle East at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Mara has remained a good friend to my office, and her valued counsel over the years has been insightful, prudent, and sound.

Personally do play a role. At least reading the reporting about how particularly some of the Russian human rights activists feel about Putin's return to the Presidency, there is some concern about what that means for the state of democracy…

As a cochair of the Atlantic Council's Georgia Task Force, tomorrow I am going to be among those who release a new policy report providing recommendations for the United States, Europe, and Georgia on how we can advance Georgia's…

The Russians continued to express their concerns with NATO's phased adaptive approach.

I know that he has discussed his legislation with you, The Sergey Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act.

I will strongly support his nomination, and I hope the full Senate will quickly confirm him and send him to Moscow.

I believe, Dr. McFaul, that you are up to this challenge, and I intend to support your nomination and hope that we can move forward quickly to confirm you.

Should Luxembourg contribute more to NATO?

I think it's something that should be raised, particularly with a country like Luxembourg that is a relatively wealthy country in Europe.

We know sometimes they're not well received, but we still feel that it is important to be communicating these.

In your opening statement you mentioned the work that is done with various country diasporas that exist in America.

Thank you. That sounds encouraging.

I am hopeful that we will get it to the floor and that we'll see positive action in the near future.

We really strongly support the efforts of our partner in the eurozone.

We hope that your nominations will go forward and be quickly confirmed by the full Senate.

Another report today suggests that we are moving toward a drawdown of our troops in Iraq, possibly down to as few as 3,000 to 4,000.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador Sherman, I want to echo my colleagues in expressing my appreciation for your past work within the State Department and for your willingness to consider taking on such a difficult post at such a dangerous…

The people of Syria have shown that they are no longer afraid and will not be cowed by the regime's brutality.

I think some of us think that if we could design our democracy again, we could probably put in a required percentage for women's participation.