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Senate Foreign Relations Committee questions three nominees on management, migration and NATO
Summary
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for the nominees to two deputy secretary posts at the State Department and the U.S. ambassador to NATO. Senators pressed nominees on USAID and State Department management, economic statecraft, migration enforcement, and NATO burden‑sharing.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened to consider three nominees: the nominee for deputy secretary of state (management and operations), the nominee for deputy secretary for management and resources, and the nominee for U.S. permanent representative to NATO. The hearing featured opening statements by committee leaders and introductions by Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, nominee remarks, and a robust round of questions about USAID, department management, alliances and global threats.
The nominees presented their credentials and top priorities. The nominee for deputy secretary (Landau) emphasized strengthening the “feedback loop” between foreign missions and Washington and said the State Department must prioritize defending U.S. sovereignty and enforcement of immigration laws. He told the committee he would “harness the State Department’s formidable worldwide footprint to make our country safer, stronger, and more prosperous.” The nominee for deputy secretary for management and resources (Regas) described plans to focus on staffing, skills and reducing waste, saying reducing “waste, fraud, and abuse will…
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