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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of John Negroponte to be deputy secretary of State. He testified on a number of issues including regional stability…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate began consideration of H.R. 1585, the Defense Authorization bill. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Liam…

General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker testified about military operations in Iraq, recommendations for future Iraq policy, and the ability of the Iraqi Parliament to meet the security challenges of…

Children of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan were honored with the Gold Medal of Remembrance. The medal was created by a special White House commission. Following the Presentation of…

Officials testified about U.S. relations with Pakistan, political turmoil in the country, President Musharraf’s ability to continue in power, forthcoming elections, the resurgence of…

A ceremony was held on the National Mall to remember those killed while fighting for the United States. Thousands of family members of those killed in Afghanistan and Iraq were joined by…

Senators talked about a bipartisan Senate resolution expressing opposition to the president’s plan to send more troops to Iraq. The non-binding resolution would symbolically put the Senate on record as…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 470, a bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq.…

David Walker testified about the Government Accountability Office report on operations in Iraq and benchmarks for progress established by Congress. The report concluded that Iraq had failed…

Secretary Rice testified about the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget for the State Department. She also talked about foreign policy options in the Middle East, operations in Iraq, efforts to…

Ambassador Crocker testifies by video conference from Baghdad about political stability, progress toward U.S. benchmarks for reconstruction, the security situation, as well as military and…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing to assess military policy and current conditions in Iraq. Witnesses testified about the roots of sectarian tensions in the country,…

As part of the Inside Washington Academic Seminar on “Politics and the Media,” Senator Chuck Hagel, Senate Foreign Relations Committee member, talked about U.S. foreign policy and his…

The Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1585, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1585, the Defense Authorization bill.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered the nominations of Ryan C. Crocker to be ambassador to the Republic of Iraq and William B. Wood to be ambassador to the Islamic Republic of…

Zalmay Khalilzad testified about his nomination as United States ambassador to the United Nations. Among the topics he addressed were operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.N. policy toward…