WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following statement after the confirmation hearing of Senator Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State:
“Today, Senator Clinton demonstrated her determination to restore diplomacy to a leading role in our international engagement and refocus our foreign policy. That passion, combined with her impressive command of the policy issues and her plans for managing the Department, assure me that Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding Secretary of State.
“I look forward to working with her on such key challenges as the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and the danger posed by extremists in the FATA region in Pakistan, the grave threat posed by nuclear terrorism, and the need to strengthen global food security.”
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