Resources - Policy Statements
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
I rise today to commemorate the Armenian Genocide, one of the bloodiest, most tragic occurrences of the twentieth century.English
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Armenia
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Today, we remember and commemorate the Armenian Genocide, the first of many genocides we saw in the 20th Century. The Armenian Genocide that began in 1915 is sometimes called the "forgotten genocide,'' but we must never forget!English
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Armenia
Turkey
Azerbaijan
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Ninety-eight years ago, the Ottoman empire committed one of the largest crimes against humanity in world history. The systematic annihilation of over a million Armenian men, women and children is a crime that cannot be forgotten. We will not allow it to be forgotten.English
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Armenia
Turkey
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
This yearly commemoration is a testament to the lives and legacy of the 1.5 million Armenians who lost their lives, and is emblematic of our commitment to keeping the Armenian nation and culture alive.English
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Armenia
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Friday, April 19, 2013
I am also keenly aware of how we turn U.S. citizen children into orphans by repatriating their migrant parents to Mexico and placing their sons and daughters in foster care. English
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Mexico
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Although both the Chinese and Russians have strong historical, security and trade links to Central Asia, the United States can also provide a stabilizing influence through increased trade and democracy-building initiatives to ensure the durability of future investments.English
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Central Asia Regional
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Both China and Russia have a long history within Central Asia. This history can both be viewed through at times, an adversarial relationship, more recently, through the framework of an opportune partnership.
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Central Asia Regional
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Monday, April 15, 2013
The non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border is under full control of the Border Patrol. English
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Mexico
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Department of Justice has informed my office that with increasing frequency, it sees drug traffickers from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru who produce cocaine in their countries but leave transit of cocaine to the United States in the hands of Mexican druEnglish
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Colombia
Ecuador
Mexico
Peru
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
We are continually exposing ourselves not just to dope and drugs being run into this country but into a potential of a terrorist attack on the United States and a weapon that was run through the border of Mexico. English
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Mexico
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
And the Drug Enforcement Agency does tell us that between 80 and 90 percent of the illegal drugs consumed in America come from or through Mexico.English
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Mexico
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
I urge all Senators to join with us and close this dangerous loophole in the law that Mexican drug cartels, gangs, and other criminals throughout our country have exploited for too long. English
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Mexico
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Monday, March 25, 2013
It is no secret that the move to gut the human rights system is spearheaded by those OAS member states that least resemble mature democraciesEnglish
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
There is much at the Organization of American States that needs to be reformed, but the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR, is not among them. Yet that is what the Government of Ecuador and some other Latin American governments purport to beEnglish
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Mexican drug cartels, like the Sinaloa cartel, should be labeled a foreign terrorist organization. Then we can better deal with international terrorist threats to America like Public Enemy No. 1, El Chapo.English
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Mexico
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Friday, March 15, 2013
For over 10 years, Yoani Sanchez has documented the realities of life in Cuba through her blog, Generation Y, and drawn worldwide attention to Cuba's civil society.English
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Cuba
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Friday, March 15, 2013
She has become a prominent voice through social media for millions of Cubans who reject the oppression of the Castro regime, having said, "We Cubans don't deserve what we are living through."English
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Cuba
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Each year, $80 billion in trade flows through El Paso's ports of entry. Residents of our sister city, Ciudad Juarez, annually contribute $2 billion to El Paso's economy.English
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Mexico
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
This bill that I authored grew out of a hearing we were having on violence on the border of Mexico. The agents testified that guns were being shipped into Mexico that were then used to kill our border.English
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Mexico
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Peace and stability in the Caucuses is in the national interest of the United States and our European allies. That means achieving a peaceful resolution to the rising tensions between the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan. English
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Armenia
Azerbaijan
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