Ultimately military personnel officials make the decision best for the defense mission.
Good morning to all. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order.
I hope it will be an opportunity for substantive engagement with our Africa partners on important topics that also have budget implications ...
Over the last 2 years we have seen some dramatic backsliding of democracy in Africa, as Senator Van Hollen has indicated, most clearly demon...
That is a good way to get started. I am going to follow up.
It just seems like trade is not a priority.
I really hope that this is more than just an announcement by these countries, but that we quickly put some meat on the bone.
Virginia has a fairly sizable Ethiopian diaspora community and they are very, very focused on the challenges there.
I am a pro-trade guy.
The discrimination was not accidental. It was intentional, and the discrimination was perpetrated by the State Department and by Congress.
I think that, again, they are raising pressure on food supplies and prices by blocking the Ukrainian grain.