01/02/2018
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"If confirmed, I will call on Kyrgyz leadership to uphold the U.N. Charter and condemn the Russian Federation's further invasion of Ukraine and gross violations of international law."
"We are certainly committed to... encouraging of their ability to collectively... put them in the driver's seat."
"If we wake up in a world where the Chinese have a military basing arrangement in our own hemisphere it would be a very troubling turn in regional affairs."
"The recently signed United States-Thailand Communique on Strategic Alliance and Partnership reaffirms a mutual respect for strong democratic institutions."