Does the State Department estimate how much it is costing, on an annual basis, Iran and, separately, Russia, to be engaged in Syria?

How long did it take those sanctions, in complete cooperation with our partners, to really take effect, to bring Iran to the table?

So who has that kind of money?

Only with Russian cooperation are you going to get rid of Assad.

My point being is sanctions against Iran is not going to get them out of there. Correct?

This is a pretty perplexing case.

So, were those requests granted?

How often is that? Is it a hundred percent of the time there is--they hear something or?

I take Senator Rubio's description of the ARB and what is required by law, but as a medical doctor, it seems like you hopped on this pretty quick.

So, you can suffer an injury from an illness, but at what point do you believe an injury was caused by some type of attack, or are you still not certain of that?

Are you aware of these types of symptoms with any other Cuban nationals or people that were not associated with the United States diplomatic corps?

Have we ever set up any kind of monitoring device in any of those residences?

It is a tragedy of historic and global proportions that Russia did not continue down the path begun by Boris Yeltsin and Boris Nemtsov.

I want to thank the nominees for your willingness to serve.

I do think energy security for Europe is a top priority.

Senator Johnson. So as Senator Murphy--and I do not want to speak for the Senator, but as we have traveled around Europe, it is the same story: the propaganda, the disinformation, the destabilizing efforts, the invasion of Georgia, Crimea…

They really do need to proceed economically.

Iceland has been a U.S. ally for almost 70 years.

Balancing this delicate relationship will require a deft touch from our Ambassador in Baku.

So I think Russia is still preoccupied with military prowess and is willing to sacrifice far too much to subsidize energy exports to use as a tool of intimidation, and they just have the mindset, unfortunately, that still is closer to the…

I think there is a desire to solve that problem, which would certainly help in terms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

I just want to follow-up a little more in terms of Kosovo.

Strengthening our economic and political ties with Reykjavik and reinvesting in our longstanding defense partnership should be top foreign policy priorities.

the relationship, the alliances, are strong, they will remain strong as far as the eye can see from our standpoint.

Azerbaijan became an important U.S. partner in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.