David Cicilline: “What we really need to be doing is leveraging the full spectrum of power that we have to deal with Russia.”

The Goldman Act empowered the State Department to seek the return of American children, yet, the department, in my opinion, has not used the full of range of tools as Congress has intended.

The problem is we haven't committed to a mission. I have asked Secretary Blinken to define what he thinks the mission is.

We must remember that child abduction is child abuse and it has devastating emotional, psychological, and even physical consequences for both abducted children and their families left behind.

Secretly, I was always hoping I would be surprised it would move really quickly, but as a practical matter, I knew that was not the case.