Departments u. S. Special representative for iran, brian hook at this Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing. This hearing will come to order. Welcome, everyone. The subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on the Trump Administrations iran policy. I thank the witness for appearing today. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. I will then turn it over to the Ranking Member mr. Wilson. All members will have five days to submit questions and extraneous materials for the record. Mr. Hook, thank you very much for testifying today. This committee has many questions related to u. S. Policy toward iran. We welcome the opportunity to hear directly from the administration. In recent weeks, relations between the United States and iran have grown increasingly tense. This committee is fully aware of the many challenges posed by tehran. Iran plays a destabilizing role in the region by propping up Bashar Al Assad in syria and supporting terrorist groups. Iran als
visitors like otto warmbier. it is no surprise that north korea is determined to deploy ballistic weapons technology. the united nations has passed good security council resolutions on north korea, spurred by u.s. legislation that we passed in this committee. u.n. peace keeping has played a critical role over the years in advancing u.s. interests and should be prioritized in accordance with u.s. law. the recent deaths of peace keepers in south sudan and in mali remind us of the dangers they face. but peace keeping would find more support if failing missions, some decades old were closed and the horrendous sexual abuses tackled head on. this committee has pushed to improve the u.n. s transparency and accountability, advancing protections of whistle blowers and bringing u.n. peace keepers that are sexual predators to the bar of justice. ambassador haley we look forward to how we can support you working to improve transparency and accountability. this committee looks forward t
u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley testified this week before the house foreign affairs committee on u.s. relations with the u.n. ambassador haley talked about the un s attitude towards israel, threats from north korea and russia and china s veto influence on the security council. this is about three hours. this hearing will come to order. today we consider the role of the united states at the united nations. in her first few months, ambassador nikki haley has approached her job with determination and purpose. chairing the u.n. security council in april, she spotlighted the grave security challenges of north korea and nuclear proliferation. she has castigated iran and hezbollah for their role in sowing instability across the middle east. and ambassador haley has made it crystal clear that the u.n. human rights council s record of protecting dictators cannot stand. indeed, as ambassador haley has declared, the united states role at the u.n. is to show our stre
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