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Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s foreign policy priorities and its fiscal year 2024 budget request. Senators asked Secr…

Dr. Atul Gawande, assistant administrator for global health at USAID and Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC director, and experts from the World Health Organization, World Food Programme, Mercy Cor…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on U.S. security assistance to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion, and U.S. plans to r…

A Senate Appropriations subcommittee held a hearing with State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development officials on efforts to combat ocean plastic pollution. Prior to witne…

Hearings to examine United States government efforts to address ocean plastic pollution internationally.

Hearings to examine fragility in the Sahel.

Hearings to examine fragility in the Sahel.

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the United States Agency for International Development.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. He talked about several pressing diplomatic issues, …

Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of State.

Business meeting to markup an original bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Mark Green testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. He also comm…

Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, "Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018".

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified at a hearing on his department’s fiscal year 2018 budget request, which cuts funding by 28 percent. He was asked to defend the Trump administration…

Three former State Department officials who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations talked about the complex U.S.-Egypt relationship and the millions in American aid give…

Hearings to examine civil society perspectives on Russia.

Ambassadors from Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia testified at a hearing on Russia’s policies toward their nations, as well as calls to cut the State Department’s fis…

U2 lead singer Bono and Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken were among the witnesses at a hearing on resources needed to combat violent extremism. The witnesses said the United States a…

Elton John and Rick Warren were among the witnesses at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on State Department global health programs. They focused on the ongoing fight against HIV/…