Reforms, if passed, would diminish u. S. Influence on the i. M. F. , would reduce our ability to control the decisions of the i. M. F. , would move the funds from one in which we have Veto Authority to one we have no Veto Authority. Astoastonishingly, madam presid, this bill would expand russias influence and control over the i. M. F. Let me repeat that. A bill that is being ostensibly introduced to punish russia for their act of war and act of aggression, would expand russias influence over the i. M. F. And decrease the United States of americas influence. Madam president , i agree with my friend from alabama, who suggested moments ago this is through the looking glass. This makes no sense. I would challenge any of my friends here to stand up here and explain why a sensible response to what russia has done is to expand russias influence in the i. M. F. And to diminish americas influence. That makes no sense whatsoever. And, madam president , i want to close with two points. Number one
Terrorism, violating human rights and souring instability in the region. We must keep that in mind as we negotiate on their nuclear program. I want to the recognize your aefrts for peace between israel and the palestinians. You are helping to establish the foundation of what we hope will be a lasting agreement and i hope there is sufficient political will to take meaningful steps toward a twostate solution. I must say that the arab leagues proclamation the other day that they will never recognize israel is a jewish state is disheartening. In the meantime, i am glad that the budget requesting fully funds aid to israel. And finally here in our own hemisphere, im deeply concerned by the venian governments crack down on Peaceful Protesters and attack on press freedoms. In haiti, im pleased that u. S. Assistance has accelerated and thank chairman royce for expanting our committees oversight in this regard. I look forward to the secretarys testimony. Thank you, mr. Ingle. This afternoon were
Thank you. Ghana just played mali. Thank you, general. Likely question is mali was part of the Counterterrorism Program for the past eight years. As we can see, last year mali has had to gold problems. Difficult problems. The program is designed to strengthen african militaries. It does not seem to have worked very well in mali. My question is, in the washington, you say youre going to expand to other african countries and train them t. Why give medicine to more people than the one person who took it certainly has not recovered . It could be argued that they are doing worse. When i bring africa to the u. S. . I know a lot of africans are anxious about this. The question about mali is a fair question. The kernel probably has some more insight on this. We have had a u. S. Training effort with the mali forces for some number of years. Some of that has occurred in mali and some of it was mali officers coming to that u. S. For training. There were some who led the military coup, which overt
Second day at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee here on cspan. Live coverage on your left is senator warren from massachusetts. Senator john mccain, of course, who will introduce senator john a. Boehner. Also, theyre senator john kerry. Also theyre waiting for Hillary Clinton, john kerry to be the next secretary of state. Secretary clinton wrapping up 5 1 2 hours of testimony before this committee and also before the House Foreign Affairs committee yesterday on the attacks in benghazi. You can find those in our Video Library at cspan. Org. On cspan is waiting for the start of the hearing, confirmation hearing for john kerry to be the next secretary of state. This morning announced by the white house that the president will nominate Mary Jo White to be the new securities and Exchange Commission commissioner. And we will have live coverage of his announcement expected to be this afternoon at 2 30 eastern here on cspan. Good morning. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Commi
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