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Robert Menendez is a prominent Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the United States Senate, representing New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and has since been re-elected multiple times. Menendez has played a significant role in various policy areas, including foreign relations, immigration reform, and healthcare. He has served on several Senate committees, including the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been an advocate for human rights and democracy abroad.
As the new year approaches, we find ourselves 15 years removed from September 11th, 13 years from the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, five years from the turmoil of the Arab Spring, two years from Baghdadi's declaration of a caliphate…
I think that this is the moment from a global perspective that requires an enormous amount of American leadership.
I rise in strong opposition to the bill that is before us today. We hear a lot of nice rhetoric coming from the proponents of this legislation. We hear that the bill is about revenue sharing. We hear that the funds will be used for…
What leverage do we really have? What are we doing here to Russia to change its calculation?
Ultimately we will not succeed in fully destroying Daesh until we resolve the civil war in Syria, which remains a powerful magnet for foreign terrorist organizations.
I reject the utterly false narrative that Iran's and Russia's activities in Syria constitute counterterrorism.
The outburst yesterday from the White House over what happened is remarkable when they would not even sit down to meet.
I am not confident that Iraqi leaders are sufficiently engaged to respond to the humanitarian crisis coming when hundreds of thousands of civilians flee Mosul.
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