citizens or our allies, especially our ally israel. mr. speaker, the i.c.c. is nothing more than a kangaroo court. their absolute blind obsession in pursuing prime minister benjamin netanyahu, notwithstanding hamas' unspeakable atrocities, reveals the i.c.c.'s true loyalties. their actions signal a dangerous complicity with terrorist groups like hamas. as well as others, i might add. the i.c.c.'s ignorance of reality disqualifies them from passing judgment on those defending themselves against pure evil. i can't say that strongly enough. against pure evil. it's that pure and simple the i.c.c. doesn't get it. i've been to israel since the horrific october 7 attacks, mr. speaker. on the other hand, the i.c.c. has not only not witnessed firsthand as i have the devastation and terror inflicted on innocent lives, they've not been there. so our message is clear. the i.c.c. is a disgrace. it's a sham. and its officials need to find real jobs. they have no authority to target americans or our allies, especially israel, and we won't stand for it, mr. speaker. i look f

the us is our closest ally— sale. the us is our closest ally especially— sale.lly especially on defence and security matters in the northl security matters in the north atlantic, _ security matters in the north atlantic, where _ security matters in the north atlantic, where tensions - security matters in the north atlantic, where tensions are| atlantic, where tensions are rising — atlantic, where tensions are rising above _ atlantic, where tensions are rising above the _ atlantic, where tensions are rising above the greenland i rising above the greenland remains _ rising above the greenland remains for— rising above the greenland remains for the _ rising above the greenlandl remains for the greenlandic people _ greenland is the world's largest island — it sits between the atlantic and arctic oceans and it's 80% covered by an ice sheet. the autonomous territory has some 56,000 residents, most of them indigenous inuit people. this was the reaction from one foreign ministry official. there have been offers from the us before in history. and there has been dispute b

our ally in taiwan, we need to have a stronger tie with them. i want to thank chairman ship -- chairman ship -- talking about shipping, i guess, we can talk away, but i want to thank chairman smith for sponsoring this critical piece of legislation. listen, all my colleagues from ways and means are here to talk on this same subject. and we will continue this work to do this. but i think as we go into the 21st day of january, we'll see this incredible movement towards making america great again, so i want to thank again chairman smith for sponsoring this, and for my ways and means colleagues for their continuous work and to speaker johnson for bringing this bill to the floor. i look forward to working with the senate and president-elect trump to get the bill signed into law. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemanship yields back. the gentleman from missouri reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. chu: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from illinois, congressman davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gen

might stop being there ally -- their ally? the answer is no. washington does not believe europe can bring them something that is really substantial. and i remember last year's asia security summit in singapore, t he dialogue. there, representatives of the united states delegation openly said their top security priority in the pacific region. the second is the middle east and the gulf. and only the third is europe. that was under their previous administration. will president trump even notice europe? does he see nato as necessary and will he respect eu institutions? ladies and gentlemen, europe can't afford to be second or third in line for its allies. if that happens, the world will start moving forward without europe. and that is a world that will not be comfortable or beneficial for all europeans. europe needs to compete for the top spot in priorities and technological development. some see as a problem for europe, but others call a challenge. europe must establish itself as a strong global player. as an indispensable player. let's not forget

allí están los consejos y así nos vamos a la pausa.as más grandes en todo el planeta. es aquí donde se encuentran millones de especímenes invertebrados, los cuales se estudian para saber nuestro pasado, pero sobre todo, planear nuestro futuro. regina, qué es lo más importante de estos especímenes? so this. estos especímenes son increíblemente importantes porque son un punto de referencia de lo que ha ocurrido en nuestro medio ambiente y de lo que vive y ha vivido a nuestro alrededor. estos especímenes son de aquí. de los Ángeles. no we don't exclusively work. no trabajamos exclusivamente aquí en los Ángeles. trabajamos en todo el mundo. hace poco volvimos a panamá, donde recogimos todo tipo de especímenes. los científicos tienen que explorar lugares remotos, como una de las estaciones de investigación tropical de smithsonian en bocas del toro, panamá. panamá se convirtió en el último eslabón de tierra en cerrar el continente americano. se convirtió tanto en un puente como en una barrera. tenemos un archipiélago con cientos de islas que

every ally worry about that.in the united states worry that europe might abandon them someday? might stop being there ally? the answer is no. washington does not believe europe can bring down something that's really substantial. i remember last year as your security in singapore and the dialoguee. presented the united states delegation openly, openly sad t in the pacific region. the second in the middle is the goals and only the sword is europe. in that previous administration will president trump even notice europe? does he see nato as necessary and will he respect the institutions? europe is not war and lines for its allies. if that happened the world will start moving forward without europe. that will not be comfortable or beneficial or all europeans. europe needs to compete for the top spot that technological development. we are at a turning point which some see as a problem for europe, the others called a chance for it europe must establish itself as a strong global player. as an indispensable player let's f

and many more of our allies are paying their fair share.ore he took office, nine made allies were spending 2% of their gdp on defense. now 23 are spending 2%. look at the indo-pacific. we have made partnerships and created new partnerships to challenge china's aggressive behavior and to rebalance power in the region. we did it where few thought was possible, build the first ever trilevel partnership between the united states, japan, and south korea. then another among the united states, japan and the philippines. drawing closer of pacific allies to defend our shared security and prosperity. we brokered a defense pact known as aukus among the united d states, australia and the united kingdom, connecting the atlantic pacific allies as only america is able to do. i have taken the quad to the next level. united states, japan, austria, australia and india and when we had the first meeting i was dumbfounded when they all called and said can we do this at your house? you think i'm kidding. i like said no problem. back it was during the u.n. beatin

you point out thailand is our longest ally, oldest ally in the region.that is a very important relationship and you have my commitment to continue to build on that. i think asean, we ought to build on these international organizations within the u.n., because i think that helps continue to expand our ability to deliver diplomatic results. >> thank you. i very much look forward to working with you in your new position. congratulations. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i had a couple more follow-up questions. we recognize congressman joe wilson, who i'm sure is here. nice to have representation from the house foreign affairs committee. thank you. congresswoman, the un security council recently renewed the mandate for althea in bosnia and herzegovina through november 2025. it has been a constant challenge, and i worry that the u.n.-backed peacekeeping mission is needed now more than ever. perhaps in greater force because of the republic of serbia co.'s leader, who is sanctioned by the u.s., and he continues his secessionist threats. if confir

a very strong ally, l that is right.ery strong ally, and obviously logistic and operational helpful but war here, the western weaponry coming in through poland. i think those talks are importantand through poland. i think those talks are important and also in the tongue, context of donald trump arriving next week in the white housein arriving next week in the white house in so many questions about exactly what that will change for ukraine in its ability to prosecute this war on the ground, lots of concern in recent weeks about whether donald trump would try to push ukraine towards any kind of concessions in its war with russia, and the russian invasion of this country in order to stop the war, which of course donald trump once said he was famously going to be able to do in 2a hours. i think he has had a bit of a reality check since then and certainly the word from the foreign ministry in ukraine is they are not under any pressure to move to peace talks but certainly the discussion, i think, here in ukraine very much is a

do they see an ally? do they see an outlier? to the see a big brother what why i'd say something of an ally and a big brother and um, and in the setup and uh often people, motors to these parties. and i do think that they see each other as allies. they see that they're dealing with similar challenges domestically in terms of the issues and also in the political parties. and i think that's also a norm all over the years. you social democratic parties, internationally seem to understand they have something in common. most of this new nationalism is something of a response to the globalization of the past 25 or 30 years, or from being in office have on extreme this group so they connected or disconnected. how does it work? i'd say it's less than that and more of the policies and the pardoning on its own is going to send a lot of people who have committed violent acts back into communities where they're likely to engage in recruitment and strive to try to rebuild their, their networks. and rebuild their groups and that means that we

>> the brits are very important ally in the security council, israel is a key ally.i think we need to continue to make inroads with developing countries within south america and africa, it is important to build on the success, china has had a significant effort to try to peel off those votes in the general assembly, so i think we need to approach it that every, you know, every country has one vote and i know that as a house member no matter what the district is. you have one vote and we need to build up and build up our coalition. japan is a key ally and the brits, we share so much, and french are an important ally as well. israel, israel is a huge priority for me and making sure that the rest of the world knows that the u.s. stands strongly with israel. >> and how would you describe the united nations as a whole towards israel? >> i would say it's anti-semitic. >> anti-semitic. my thoughts exactly. and that is a problem, given the u.s. relationship with israel. it's a problem that the united nations takes such a hostile approach. it's also concerning that within the

we're fortunate, because we have strong allies and partners. we don't see that coming from vladimir putin, from xi in china, we don't see it from the north koreans or the iranians, but the united states has strong allies who can stand with us. the most important security agreement we've had, i think anytime in our nation's history, is nato. it is a critical, indispensable part of our national security. yet, the president's nominee for secretary of defense wrote in his book "american crusade" that nato is, quote, a relic and, quote, that it should be scrapped. now, since his nomination, mr. hegseth has tried to walk back his opposition to one of our key international alliances, to nato, but in an advanced policy questions for the committee, he calls nato a, quote, vital u.s. interest in defending europe and american interests from russia and vladimir putin. now, the sudden reversal is welcome, because i think it's very important that our secretary of defense understand how critical nato is and that it's stronger now than it was in the last -- an

so they went from the most ally of allies to the most sanctioned of adversaries overnight. and as the pakistani version of history goes, the presser amendment was held in abay answer because of their critical role. and i would ask if you see any dots to connect in tower testimony between the close pakistani alliance and the cold war era and the way it ended with the sanctions imposed by the presser amendment to the later part of your testimony in which you note that pakistan saw the taliban as a strategic instrument it could use to create a government favorable to its interest in afghanistan. the pakistanis played a double game part open ally part koefrt enemy. so do you see any connections between the pakistani version of the history of the presser amendment and the way it ended the alliance and their decisions vis-a-vis the taliban? >> that's a fantastic question and you're really making me think and reach back into history. you know, i do in the sense that a big lesson besides the lack of reliability, the pakistani, a big lesson the pakistanis took from the end of the co

what impact would that have on a nato ally? would send a chill throughout the alliance where other allies will see they could be next in terms of being coerced by having tariffs or this type of economic coercion put on them by trump. i know the danes and they will do what it takes to make sure they blend in the economic coercion against them by trump. too, he can't i default or making an announcement, put something in motion. congress has a say as well. this is a lot of talk right now, but like the danes and greenland ers say, they are not for sale. i do not think any coercion could bring a sale about. sumi: i want to ask about the panama canal. trump said he would not rule out taking the canal by force. he says it is operated by china. panama's president rejects that. what is the national security issue there, and how cannot be resolved? jim: there is a national security issue with the panama canal. we do need to use it, not just for commerce, but for naval ships go between the west and east coast. but by treaty we have given

but the powerful role of allies, partners and adversaries abroad.aving to meet, communicate and coordinate a whole range of individuals with that many different ethnic groups. many different religious groups. that's part of the role of secretary of defense. at a bare minimum former secretary of defense and had the experience, wisdom and character to do that job. mr. hegseth is simply not qualified to meet the overwhelming demands to be secretary of defense. last week the armed services committee held a nomination hearing for mr. hegseth. during the hearing on number of concerning reports about him. a variety of sources including his own writings with disregard the laws of war, financial mismanagement, racist and sexist remarks about men and women in uniform. alcohol abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment and other troubling issues. instead of addressing these reportsst many of which are documented and on the record be dodged and deferred. he did not attempt to alleviate the fears my colleagues and i have there is material and abuse in his personal

when we in europe look at the united states as our ally, it is clear they are an indispensable ally. in times of war, everyone worries, will the united states stay with them, and every ally worries about that. does anyone in the united states worry that europe might depend on them someday, might stop being there ally? the answer is no. washington does not believe europe can bring down something that is really substantial. and i remember last year's security summit in singapore, the shangri-la dialogue. the representatives of the united states delegation openly said their top security priority in the indo pacific region, the second in the middle east and the gulf, and only the third is europe. that was under the previous administration. does trump see nato as necessary and will he respect e.u. institutions? ladies and gentlemen, europe cannot be second or third in line for its allies. if that happens, the world will start moving forward without europe. that is a world that will not be comfortable or beneficial for all europeans. europe needs to compete for the top spot in alliances an

before i took office, nine nato allies were spending 2%. now 23 are spending 2%. look at indo-pacific, we made partnerships stronger and created new partnerships to challenge ties of aggressive behavior and rebalance power in the region. we did it. but few thought was possible. built a first ever trident partnership between the united states, japan and south korea. then another among united states, japan and phillipines, drawing close you are our allies our shared security and prosperity and brokered a defense pact between the united states, australia and the united kingdom, the pacific allies as only america is able to do. and taken the quad to the next level and united states, japan, australia and india and we had that first meeting. i was dumbfounded when they said can we do this at your house? you think i'm kidding. my wife said, no problem. it was during the u.n. meeting and thought they were going to do it in new york. they said we want to do it in delaware. so people can know we are friends. our democracy and economy, security supply chains, technology and

internationally, our allies and partners are a force multiplier that makes us stronger. where we have partners of choice, our competitors only have bedfellows of last resort. since 2021, we have made historic transformational improvements and upgrades to u.s. posture across the indo-pacific, fortifying opposition from northeast asia down to australia and the pacific islands. that has been a major personal priority for secretary austin and an enduring legacy he will leave behind. we are also deepening our interoperability with key allies and partners and increasing cooperation on both cutting-edge edge concepts and capabilities. we are expanding codevelopment, coproduction, and co-sustainment, and strengthening our industries and supply chains through a 15-nation partnership for indo-pacific industrial resilience. and around the world, america's friends and allies have been substantially contributing to the common defense. they are investing more on their own and in our collective defense, operating more deeply with each other and with us, and fielding more advanced capab

partner, strong historical ally. we -- that is an area where i think diplomacy could achieve results, because of howd important and close that relationship s one more important for us to remind world what we're talking about, people who are rounded up becaus of their ethnicityit religion, they are put to camps, call reeducation. they are changing their children's names, they are put to slave labor. >> and work together on force labor act. thank you for champions that, i'm encouraging other nationsmp including canada, mexico and europe to follow the -- we put into that bill, right now if our slave labor products or chinas are rejected here they are shipped to canada, we need to expand on that, turn to another point. our companies face in china often the requirement for partnerships or location or what products they can produce. meanwhile we're helping their economy bibiing's major supplier of fossil gas, lng to china, should we be strengthening the chinese economy by sending them lng . >> that st a good point to raise

we have afghan allies who risked their lives to protect our us troops.mise to them. just as we have special immigrant visas, special allies who are coming but at this upcoming week etc for that we don't know how we serve them, how to be ensure that they aren't stranded at the airport, that they aren't homeless, that we can help their young children get enrolled in our schools? these are the challenges we're facing right now. to these are the challenges we're facing right now.— facing right now. to what extent do _ facing right now. to what extent do you _ facing right now. to what extent do you think- facing right now. to what extent do you think the l facing right now. to what - extent do you think the trump administration fully understood the fallout here, they're freezing this refugee programme would also affect people like you mentioned? those afghan citizens who did help the us military during the war there and now would face a threat from the taliban after they took control. i from the taliban after they took control.— from the taliban after they t

our allies feel we have neglected them. nixon's shots against japan have weakened our relationships there. under this demonstration, we've had the inclination to keep separate european countries, thinking if they are separate, we can dominate them and proceed with our secret -- secret lone ranger type diplomatic efforts. i would also like to point out in this country, we have our economy go down the drain. the worst inflation since the great depression. the highest unemployment of any developed nation in the world. a higher and implement rate in this country than in great britain, west germany, unemployment rate twice as high as in italy. three or four times as high as in japan. that terrible circumstance in this country is exported overseas. we comprised about 30% of the world's economic trade power influence. when we are weak at home, weaker than our allies, it weakens the whole free world. strong economy is very important. another thing we need to do is reestablish the good relationships we ought to have between the u.s.

and our first is about supporting its allies, israeland ourair allies, israel and our air france allies bolster them against iran, the muslim brotherhood and islamic jihadist terrorism and i think thatis jihadist terrorism and i think that is where they're going to 90, that is where they're going to go, they're going to work outside in eventually in regard to the cease—fire —— our arab friends. to the cease-fire -- our arab friends. ., ., , , friends. that would represent . uite friends. that would represent uuite a friends. that would represent quite a change _ friends. that would represent quite a change in _ friends. that would represent quite a change in us - friends. that would represent quite a change in us policy. l quite a change in us policy. we've heard president trump state last night in the oval office that he is not confident that this current phase of the cease—fire would hold, given what you've been saying they are, do you think we will see president trump himself getting involved in the region in terms of pushing through to get that cease—fire to hold and to get the next

ufc and close donald trump ally ceo excuse me. and close donald trump ally dana white.eta tapping white for just two weeks before trump takes office amid what seems to be a broader ideological shift to the right within the top ranks at meta, the tech giant recently donating to trump's inaugural fund. white, of course, emerged as a key voice for trump on the campaign trail and used his ufc connections to leverage appearances for trump on podcasts that were popular with thousands of young men. trump even picked white to introduce him at the rnc this summer, and had him on stage for his victory speech. >> i know i'm going to choose real american leadership and a real american badass. this is what happens when the machine comes after you. this is karma, ladies and gentlemen. he deserves this. they deserve it as a family. i want to thank some people real quick. i want to thank the nelk boys. aidan ross. um. uh, theo vaughn, boston with the boys. and last but not least, the mighty and powerful joe rogan. >> so alex thompson, now on the board of meta. um, it's there are a numb

australia is a key ally.the brits we share so many values paid the french are important allies well. israel is a huge priority for me and making sure that the rest of the world knows we stand strongly with israel. sen. lee: how would you describe the attitude of the united nations as a whole towards israel. rep. stefanik: i would say it is anti-semitic. sen. lee: my thoughts exactly. that is a problem given the u.s. relationship with israel. it is a problem that the united nations take such a hostile approach. it is also concerned that within the united nations security council we have people who, let's just say, don't share our interests. who have veto power. how does that limit our ability to affect significant change in the united nations. rep. stefanik: it is a challenge that the ambassador and if confirmed we will face every day with china and russia's veto on the p5 and it is a challenge that we will need to continue addressing. it is important to speak out and stand up for american values and be a voic

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we need to put pressure on our ally, our partner israel to come to a deal with hamas. certainly we need to put pressure on iran and we need to demonstrate to hamas, make it very clear that there is no future for them in the middle east and in gaza. if we can do that successfully than we can at least get the hostages home. you need to get about 100 or less hostages out of there and then we need an agreement for peace. saudi arabia, the other gulf countries can step in and help, but only if there is a cease-fire and a path towards peace. and that means we have to be negotiating. we can't just give assistance to the government of israel, we need to also make sure that they understand what our expectations are with regard to the promising. make no mistake the bad guy here is iran and hamas, but we need a peace deal and we need the hostages home as soon as possible. guest: my crystal ball is pretty murky on this one, frankly. it's difficult for me to predict with certainty, and i appreciate her jumping into the fray here to make some assurances, which i think all sound comp

, a strong ally of the united states. the history of our relationship with iran goes back to the days of president truman when he decided that it was vitally necessary for our own security, as well as that of iran, that we should help that country and iran has been a good ally. 1973, when there was an oil embargo, iran did not participate. they continued to sell oil to the united states. i believe that it's in our interest and in the interest of israel and iran, and saudi arabia, for the united states to sell arms to those countries. it's for their security as well as ours. ms. frederick: mr. valeriani, a question for president ford. mr. valeriani: mr. president, the policy of your administration is to normalize relations with mainland china. and that means establishing at some point full diplomatic relations and obviously doing something about the mutual defense treaty with taiwan. if you are elected, will you move to establish full diplomatic relations with peking, and will you abrogate the mutual defense treaty with ta

and they've said we want to strongly support our allies. but that's going to be a real test for them. well, listen, fascinating conversation. former us national security council official, charles done. thank you so much for being with us today. my pleasure to you. so what's the bottom line? i'm just not going to get rapturous about the possibility of a real ceasefire, yet it treats the politics of this moment. the countless palestinians have been killed and maimed and under siege the dozens of as really hostages, who being held as a single punctuation point. when what would make this real is not a sprint of com that could fall apart, but rather a marathon in the suspension of killing and destruction. that's what we need to see . who monitoring a needs to flow freely and genuine discussions about the future of constructive governance. and we'll, just as an economy for policy needs needs to be baked into this moment. i don't yet believe that this cease fire solves many of the dramatic issues that if that this crisis and if kept it burning, it

what -- is there anything that the western allies can do to save georgia's democracy? thank you so much. secretary blinken: thank you. happy to start. on ukraine, as we've been very clear, what we've all been working to do is to make sure that as ukraine engages this year, 2025, it can engage it from a position of strength, whether that means continuing the fight because russia refuses to stop, or whether it means entering into a negotiation to get at least to a ceasefire and maybe beyond. and as i mentioned a moment ago, we'll continue to the very last day of this administration to bring that support forward to ukraine. i know that our partners will continue well beyond. if there's going to be a negotiation, if there's going to be a ceasefire because we brought it to that point, i think it's going to be critical. and i believe that the incoming administration will want to make sure that they negotiate the best possible deal. and the best possible deal has to be one that builds into it real deterrence against russia repeating its aggression six months, a year, two year

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you left americans and our allies behind. your delayed appearance before this committee, i think, is a disgrace to those americans who did die in afghanistan, and your decisions or the absence of leadership on this issue during the withdrawal of 2021 are directly responsible for the disaster. prior to president biden's go to zero approach the taliban had ignored u.s. attempts for a smooth exit and shown themselves totally ignoble negotiators. we knew the dangers and yet as the military withdrew, you told u.s. embassy kabul to remain. furthermore, you actually increased personnel. when senior security advisers and leaders at dod and embassy staff said it was time to make a non-combatant evacuation operation plan, e.o. plan, you said no. instead when the day came for the embassy to evacuate, there was no plan. you left your personnel high and dry to figure it out on their own. in fact, you never even issued the e.o. as secretary of state, that is your responsibility, but instead the nsc had to make that call. did you step in? n

first, we and our allies must relearn the cold war manual, long—term thinking, not sure termism.ce, not constant distraction. adapting is emerging technology reshapes the strategic environment, securing strategic environment, securing strategic stability in an unstable world. our opponents are coordinating ever more closely with iranian drones, fired on ukrainian cities and north korean troops now fighting against ukraine. we also need a whole new level of global engagement with our closest allies in the usa, europe and. our strategic partners injapan and south korea and with all those committed to the principles of the un charter. that is why we will engage with china, we have to challenge them, not to throw their lot in with vladimir putin and second to be taken seriously by our opponents and allies and we must put our money where our mouth is. that starts by facing the facts. donald trump and jd vance are simply right when they say