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Megan R. Wilson The Hill 1/4/2015 Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the outgoing head of the Senate’s foreign relations committee, on Sunday blasted the Obama administration’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba and said it would be “difficult” to confirm an ambassador… …Menendez says he knew nothing about the talks, which reportedly took place for a […] January 4th, 2015 | Tags: Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Sen. Bob Menendez, Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Cuba, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Marxism | Comments are closed
CBS News Washington, DC 5/23/2014 White House officials have been holding private meetings this week aimed at soothing lawmakers’ concerns over the U.S. posture in Syria, the future of the American military presence in Afghanistan and defense spending. The meetings come as a frustrated White House seeks to push back at criticism of President Barack […] May 27th, 2014 | Tags: Denis McDonough, Sen. Bob Corker, Sen. Bob Menendez, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Jeff Flake, Sen. Susan Collins, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Susan Rice, Syria | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Congress, Foreign Policy, Media, Military | Comments are closed
John Hudson Foreign Policy 5/21/2013 Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, which voted overwhelmingly to arm elements of the Syrian opposition in a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN). “This is an important moment,” Paul said, addressing his Senate colleagues. “You will […] May 21st, 2013 | Tags: al Qaeda, al-Nusra Front, Apple, Rep. Justin Amash, Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Rand Paul, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Syria | Category: Congress, Department of Defense, Islam, Middle East, Military, Politicians | Comments are closed
Her fatal mistakes mirror the disaster at Mogadishu Sen. Rand Paul The Washington Times 5/10/2013 …The secretary of state’s responsibility is to protect our diplomats. Mrs. Clinton should have been relieved of her post for denying pleas for additional security. Almost 20 years ago, President Clinton’s secretary of defense was relieved of his post for […] May 10th, 2013 | Tags: Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Ansar al-Sharia, Battle of Mogadishu, Benghazi, Beth Jones, Black Hawk Down, Colin Powell, Greg Hicks, Jerry Zeifman, Les Aspin, Rep. Trey Gowdy, responsibility, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Tom Coburn, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Somalia, Watergate, whistleblowers | Category: Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Ethics, Islam, Middle East, State Department, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Senator Rand Paul 4/30/2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, April 26, Sen. Rand Paul issued a letter [PDF] to Secretary of State John Kerry requesting that instances of waste, misuse and theft of U.S. foreign aid be investigated and then made public. During Secretary Kerry’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 18, […] May 1st, 2013 | Tags: Arms Export Control Act (AECA), foreign aid, fraud, government waste, Secretary of State John Kerry, Sen. Rand Paul, Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Federal spending, Military, State Department, Taxes | Comments are closed
Michael Totten Instapundit 5/10/2011 IT’S ABOUT TIME. John Kerry finally gives up on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as a reformer. “He obviously is not a reformer now,” the senator said. Assad wasn’t a reformer earlier, either, and that was obvious to at least some of us all along. Update: Kucinich says the U.S. is violating Security […] May 13th, 2011 | Tags: Bashar Assad, Libya, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Sen. John Kerry, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Syria, UN Security Council | Category: Congress, Middle East | Comments are closed
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