mitigate staffing shortages by hiring, training, and certifying technical staff to be ready to assume those critical radar maintenance duties as technicians retire.

The Trump Administration initiated the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by negotiating and, ultimately, concluding the DOHA deal in February 2020 with an explicit aim to withdraw all American troops in the country in 14 months.

So, let me ask you: so, it is fair to say the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan began as a result of the February 2020 DOHA agreement under President Trump?

But the assessment is made before the transfer of these arms?

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I do not see this amendment as trying--as over regulating. The amendment is simply trying to make sure that we get the information...

I speak in opposition to H.R. 6609, the TIGER Act, which would undermine transparency on arms sales and congressional oversight.

this move to not allow one of our colleagues in the U.S. Congress who's been elected by the people she represents to sit and participate on a panel like this is, I think, unprecedented.

I believe that the best way to achieve these goals is through a renewed approach to our engagement with the island, an approach that recognizes that our policies over the last 60 years have not resulted in the changes we would like to see.