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Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request and foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.…

Secretary of State John Kerry, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the details of the recently…

Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Martin Dempsey testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on President…

Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his department’s fiscal year 2016 budget. Topics discussed included the aid being given to help…

Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the use of military force against ISIS militants. Secretary Kerry said a new congressional…

Secretary of State John Kerry testified at a Senate Foreign Relation Committee hearing on U.S. strategy for combating the Islamic State* militant group. He had just returned from a trip abroad to build a…

Secretary of State John Kerry testified on national security and foreign policy priorities for the State Department in the proposed fiscal year 2015 international affairs budget. The…

Secretary of State John Kerry testified about the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He urged senators to ratify the treaty and pledged to work with lawmakers who…

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Joint Chiefs Chair Martin Dempsey testified on the Obama administrations’s case for the use of military force against…

Secretary John Kerry testified on the Department of State’s fiscal year 2014 budget request.

Senator John Kerry (D-MA) testified about his nomination as secretary of state. Among the topics he addressed were Iran’s nuclear weapon program, Afghanistan, and the civil war in Syria. In his…

Senior State Department officials testified on the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that led to the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Deputy…

Senator John Kerry (D-MA) spoke to reporters after a Foreign Relations Committee top-secret, closed-door meeting on the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S.…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for Robert Stephen Beecroft to become U.S. ambassador to Iraq. Among the topics he addressed were embassy security,…

Nominees testified about their qualifications to represent the U.S. as ambassadors to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Senators questions primarily addressed how each nominee would address the…

Business leaders testified on the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, an international convention that sets rules for under- and over-sea travel and commerce.

Former George W. Bush administration officials testified on the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, an international convention that sets rules for maritime travel and commerce. The treaty…

Military branch leaders testified on the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, an international convention that sets rules for maritime travel and commerce. The treaty establishes a system for…

Witnesses testified on the rise of poaching in Africa and increased demand for African ivory in China. They focused on opaque structures in the international financial system, particularly…

Secretaries Clinton and Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey testified on the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, an international convention that sets rules for under- and over-sea…