Testimony at the invitation of HFAC Chairman Rep. Ed Royce arguing for maintaining the P5+1 nuclear accord with Iran while acting against Iran’s non-nuclear threats. The advice was superseded the same day by President Trump’s announcement of the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Program of Action with Iran.
Read MoreFrom Amb. Bloomfield’s prepared statement: “Russia’s hope is that our political differences can be exacerbated, and internal divisions sharpened, such that the left and the right, Republicans and Democrats, coastal elites and the red state heartland, will never find common ground….
Read MoreHouse Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing to address concerns over the size and role of the NSC and whether legislation to require greater oversight is merited.
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Hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Testimony on Syria chemical weapons issue before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
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Testimony regarding PMOI/MEK and Iran before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
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Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee to receive a status report on Bush Administration’s Global Defense Posture Review
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