The lack of a President would be a challenging governance question.

economic assistance, development assistance, is one of the best ways that we can encourage democratic values in many of the countries that we are working in.

I am very troubled by the recent report from the Office of the Inspector General that found that nearly 1 in 5 American Peace Corps Volunteers serving around the world is sexually assaulted at some point during their service.

I am happy to join my colleague, also from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Gardner from Colorado, in support of the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act. This is legislation that will help hold North Korea accountable for its…

one of the things that I am very concerned about, with respect to the sanctions and their enforcement, is the fact that we have still have sitting in the Banking Committee the nomination of Adam Szubin to be the person at the Department of…

Our commitment to sexual assault and the risk reduction and response aspects of it really start with our director.

A recent RAND report found that current NATO force structure in Europe, and I quote, "cannot successfully defend the territory of its most exposed members."

we need to deal with sequestration and that it poses an imminent threat to our national security

One of the things that, obviously, our continued readiness depends on is the effectiveness of our Guard and Reserve.

In fact, before Congress went out, before the October recess, called on hearings to better look at what was going on.

I was told that there was concern that this might be viewed as a partisan issue.

this is a hearing that we ought to undertake because it's important to our American democracy.