I think--I appreciate your willingness to speak out on that.

I think we could do it here. It would have been better to do it a long time ago.

it's still not clear to me how we do that.

The more we appear to take sides with Russia and Iran, the more difficult it becomes to get a resolution with those people who have been our friends in the Middle East.

I would point out that, as you said, I was one of the people who introduced that legislation in August 2012 that would have allowed subpoena power for SIGAR.

I think that this is not the proper role for DOD.

I think there's--I certainly believe that there's been some success with that and with air defenses.

there has to be a negotiated end to this conflict.

So, you recommend the Secretary of State go to the region and engage more aggressively.

Would my colleague yield for another question briefly? I didn't give the date that Adam Szubin was nominated, and he has been before the banking committee. Does the Senator have that information to share with everybody?

I am pleased to join my colleague Senator Coons and others on the floor today, especially those of you who had a chance to travel to the Middle East. I didn't get a chance to go with you on this trip. But, like Senator Kaine, I do serve on…

I thank all three of my colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee. I will close and yield back to Senator Coons with saying that I would hope that one of the things we would all agree to, as Senator Murphy has said, is that regardless…