Foreign Relations Committee

1. A committee of the Senate charged with overseeing the conduct of foreign policy.

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“The men, women and families still waiting at Camp As Sayliyah—and in other temporary locations around the world—stood by the United States at great personal risk,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who has co-sponsored such legislation.

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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week approved other sanctions bills.

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At the time of the scheme, Robert Menendez was the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a powerful role that gave him significant influence over US foreign policy.

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The State Department’s legal adviser, former Yale Law School dean Harold H. Koh, testified at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the nation’s actions targeting Libya involved “no U.S. ground presence or, to this point, U.S. casualties.”

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One of the most notable “yes” votes came from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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