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Bob Corker is a former United States Senator from Tennessee, serving from January 4, 2007, to January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Corker was known for his leadership as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he focused on issues related to foreign policy and fiscal responsibility. During his tenure, he played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign relations and was involved in key legislative efforts regarding international agreements and budgetary matters.
Look, I was speaking earlier about this issue, which no one knows more about than the Senator from Arizona, but one of the basic national interests that we have in the Middle East is the balance of power. As you know well, people in our…
Yes. No, I think it sends a signal. Look, I don't think anybody can debate--we have had these discussions in our Foreign Relations Committee. I know you have had them in Armed Services, where you are the distinguished chairman. I think…
That is correct. Mr. McCAIN. Isn't it true that in all conflicts--one of the great tragedies of conflicts is that innocent civilians are slaughtered?
That is correct. Mr. McCAIN. But isn't it also true that the Government of Saudi Arabia has not been implicated by these so-called 28 pages that were going to reveal the vast conspiracy that the Government of Saudi Arabia allegedly for…
section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…
I think it would be wonderful to debate many of the things, at any time, that any Senator wishes to debate, but to use this as a proxy for something totally unrelated, to me, is a most unusual way of approaching the other issues that have…
I have respect for my friend from Kentucky. We have had numbers of conversations about this. I think he is aware that I am holding up, as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, subsidies going to Pakistan in their purchase of F-16s…
I rise to speak about the vote that is going to take place at 2:15 p.m., and I urge my colleagues to vote to table this motion. The motion itself would keep us from being able to follow through on a sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. It is my…
It creates greater instability in a region that already has had tremendous amounts of it. But no question--I mean, it borders the Straits. Again, it puts more of that in Iranian hands, no question. Mr. McCAIN. Would it be accurate to state…
No question. Mr. McCAIN. It is true that weapons supplies from Iran have been intercepted?
We have interdicted them several times. Mr. McCAIN. Is it true--would you estimate, given your knowledge of the issue, that if Saudi Arabia had not intervened in Yemen, it would now have become a client state and would have been taken over…
No question. As a matter of fact, we have actually demarched, in some ways, Saudi Arabia because we felt in some ways, using what we might call ``dumb bombs,'' that civilians were being killed in inappropriate ways. They have moved to…
That is right. One thing that is sad about this in some ways is that everything you have said is true. But in addition to that, there are some intelligence community affidavits that go on top of these and explain even more fully that that…
I especially thank Senators Nelson and Rubio for highlighting this to the Nation.
It does seem like there was--just in fairness, again, there does seem like a big disconnect there.
Thank you very much, indeed, for inviting me here today. I also want to thank the committee for keeping South Sudan a topic of discussion in Washington for quite a bit of time now.
A diplomatic initiative toward an U.N.-EU transitional administration can succeed.
I have tremendous respect for President Ghani and a warm relationship with CEO Abdullah.
I was really glad to see President Obama commit to 8,400 troops going forward.
Top U.S. policymakers should appreciate that the inadequate cooperation we have from Pakistan today is probably better than none at all.
I believe we should but also that our next President should take another long, hard look at our Pakistan strategy across the board.
I think, you know, one has to be careful to let flattery influence how you feel about someone. We obviously have tremendous differences in our two countries' national interest. There are things that we should be aligned with them on like…
We have expended about $33 billion of U.S. taxpayer dollars towards Pakistan since the early 2000s.
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