Congratulations to you all for your nominations and your willingness to serve our country.

I think even the President in his determination cites a national security threat.

I view my job is to speak to truth to power, and if power does not like to hear it, then I can be outranked clearly in the State Department, but I will speak that truth.

At the end of the day, any potential agreement has to be Cypriot-led and Cypriot-agreed to.

He has aligned Ecuador with allies like China and Russia.

Will you make it one of your priorities when you are at post to continue to work with the Salvadoran government?

U.S. Assistance is not a blank check, especially not to the Palestinian Authority.

When you cut democracy and governance by 38 percent, it does not lead us in the right direction.

Will you commit before the committee to pressing the Malaysian government to undertake a full investigation of the mass graves and holding the perpetrators, including any Malaysian government officials, accountable?

President Carrera is a fierce critic of the United States. He has ejected State Department representatives.

Now there are serious concerns that Malaysia was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List last year and retained this year based on political considerations and not an objective evaluation of Malaysia's actions.

I think for the first time in decades, Cyprus has a historic opportunity to forge a lasting agreement between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots.