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Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire, a position she has held since January 3, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to be elected governor of New Hampshire, serving from 1997 to 2003. During her tenure in the Senate, Shaheen has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and national security, often advocating for policies that support working families and promote economic growth.
If the approximately 225 million women worldwide with unmet family planning needs had access to modern methods of contraception, we would see 52 million fewer unintended pregnancies, resulting in 600,000 fewer stillbirths, 6 million fewer…
I think it's important for the country to have skin in the game when it comes to military engagement.
Is there an effort underway to work with our allies through NATO or otherwise?
I think Rwanda has the highest percentage of women of any country in its national governing body, its parliament.
It is also one of the reasons why diversity within our State Department is very important as well.
I share your commitment to building democratic institutions in Europe and Eurasia, as democratic institutions are a critical to counter Russian malign influence.
I certainly hope you will, like Dr. Poblete, engage with members of the bureau and respond to concerns before making any sweeping changes.
I appreciate that. And I think all of us agree that we want to hold Iran accountable.
I understood you to say that you believe we should continue the moratorium on nuclear testing.
Thank you both for your past service to the country and for your willingness to be considered for these very important positions.
Brexit certainly seems to be creating as many problems for Britain as it does for the EU at this point.
I think it is very important that we model good democratic procedures in our voting, that we denounce voter suppression efforts.
I certainly do not support the administration's proposal to get rid of many of those because I think they are so important as we look at other areas in which we can build relationships ongoing.
We need to work with the technology companies, which I believe currently is at an inflexion point, to determine how we can interdict and figure out how to stop this from occurring.
I want to begin with you, Mr. Goldstein, and thank you for taking time to meet with me yesterday.
I want to follow up, Mr. Evanoff, because one of the things that we have seen recently is the Russians have harassed our embassy officials who are stationed in Russia.
It is my view the law generally provides the President may act to defend the United States.
Congress does have the responsibility to pass the budget and that agencies have a requirement to spend those dollars.
Just to thank all of you for your willingness to serve. Congratulations on your nominations, and we look forward to hearing from you.
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