Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 108-427 FED-DOCS S. HRG. 108-427 STATE DEPARTMENT: POLICY AND PROGRAMS HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 12, 2004 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate 93-316 PDF DEPOSITORY JUL 2 82004 STANFORD UNIVERSITY U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE JONSSON LIBRARY WASHINGTON 2004 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana, Chairman CHUCK HAGEL, Nebraska JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware BILL NELSON, Florida JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West Virginia KENNETH A. MYERS, JR., Staff Director (II) CONTENTS Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr., U.S. Senator from Delaware, opening statement Powell, Hon. Colin L., Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, Wash- (III) The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:34 a.m. in room SR325, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard G. Lugar (chairman of the committee), presiding. Present: Senators Lugar, Chafee, Allen, Voinovich, Biden, Sarbanes, Feingold, Boxer, Bill Nelson, and Corzine. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD G. LUGAR, CHAIRMAN The CHAIRMAN. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is called to order. This is a very special meeting. We have the Secretary of State with us. We appreciate that we are in the process of concluding a rollcall vote on the Senate floor, but the time of the Secretary and of all members is valuable. Therefore, I will proceed with my opening statement. Hopefully, we will be joined shortly by the ranking member of the committee, Senator Biden, and then we will call upon the Secretary for his testimony. At some point, as I have advised the Secretary, we are hopeful to have a quorum of our membership. At such appropriate time as I see that we will continue the Law of the Sea markup, hopefully can have a vote and at least take committee action on that important convention as a part of our work today. Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is pleased to welcome Secretary of State Colin Powell. Mr. Secretary, we are eager to hear your views on the status of our alliances, the Bush administration's plans for making further progress in Iraq and Afghanistan, the status of negotiations pertaining to the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula, and your assessments of the State Department's budget. During last year, American foreign policy achieved an extensive list of accomplishments, some of which have gone unnoticed but shall not today. The President put forward bold plans to fight the global spread of AIDS and to establish the Millennium Challenge Corporation, which will encourage political and economic progress in developing nations that embrace positive reforms. Congress worked closely with the White House and the State Department on these initiatives, and passed legislation that would implement them. Our commitment of substantial funds to the Liberian crisis and to the Middle East Partnership Initiative have similarly dem (1) |