I have supported a more aggressive approach than the administration on the defensive side.

Ukraine should be free to choose its future.

I look forward to how we can work together to strengthen Ukraine's ability to become a strong, independent state.

It is vitally important--vitally important--that we close the daylight between us and our GCC allies.

I think it is unclear at present what the outcome of that has been.

There is a strong case to be made that almost every decision this administration has made concerning the Middle East over the last few years has been considered with pursuit of the Iran nuclear agreement in mind.

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

Today we are here to review our second civil nuclear cooperation agreement this year, the fourth in the Asia-Pacific region in the past 2 years.

South Korea is one of our closest allies in the Asia-Pacific region, and our strong tradition of nuclear cooperation and collaboration remains an important element of our partnership.

there is not agreement among the Security Council members. For a number of years, there was a bit of a charade where there was not even full belief by all the Security Council members that we had a humanitarian crisis going on inside of…

The number one priority that we would present to the committee is to turn or help turn the words of U.N. resolutions into actions.

The issue of trafficking in persons and slavery is something that is not a Democrat issue. It is not a Republican issue. It is not an independent issue. It is just a moral issue.