America's investment in public diplomacy is about more than countering a single country.

To what extent do we think those are being fed by Russian propaganda?

It is about protecting the rules-based system across Europe and around the world.

We have been having a series of hearings in the Armed Services Committee talking about military reform.

the way to do that is through network--organic networking that individuals are doing in theater.

But, listen, it is--nowadays--today's dictators, they do not really work through censorship, they work through putting so much disinformation out there, people cannot tell, you know, the good from the bad, disinformation from real…

How are we coordinating with our European allies to combat Russian propaganda?

It is about saying no to borders changed by force, to big countries intimidating their neighbors.

There is an attempt to try to control what is being released, at what time, and when, and get a deeper understanding of those new networks to understand how to mold public opinion even deeper.

Russian propaganda kills. It not only kills reason and common sense, it literally kills.

I just think a government, top-down approach is not going to be effective, that we have to be, exactly, innovative, creative, using these networks.

I am delighted to join my colleagues on the floor, Senator Heitkamp, Senator Murray, and Senator Cantwell. I thank them for their leadership in keeping the issue of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank front and center in this Congress. We…