WASHINGTON - MARCH 25: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) talks with ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) during the confirmation hearing for Christopher Hill to become ambassador to Iraq March 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Nominated by President Barack Obama to become the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Hill is facing opposition from Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and a small group of Republican senators. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

WASHINGTON - MARCH 25: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) talks with ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) during the confirmation hearing for Christopher Hill to become ambassador to Iraq March 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Nominated by President Barack Obama to become the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Hill is facing opposition from Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and a small group of Republican senators.

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) speaks during a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified at the hearing on how the financial regulatory reform will impact the economy and taxpayers.
  2. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, during the Joint Economic Committee hearing on financial regulatory reform, where Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified.

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  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: Christopher Hill, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, listens to questions during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on U.S. policy regarding Iraq.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: Christopher Hill, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, listens to questions during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on U.S. policy regarding Iraq.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: Christopher Hill, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (L) shakes hands with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (D-FL) during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on U.S. policy regarding Iraq.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: Christopher Hill, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq testifies during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on U.S. policy regarding Iraq.
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  7. US Senator John Kerry (2nd L), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2nd R), and Senator Joesph Lieberman (L) and Senator Richard Lugar hold a joint press conference following a meeting on global climate change, where they discussed the steps leading up to December�s international negotiations in Copenhagen, on November 10, 2009 at the US Capitol in Washington.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and committee ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) hold a brief press conference after meeting at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Ban and the senators talked about what measures and actions the Senate may be willing to take before the climate change talks in Copenhagen in December.
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  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: The Dalai Lama arrives for a meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Dalai Lama has been in Washington meeting with members of the U.S. government for the past two days.
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  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) questions witnesses during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  16. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) gavels in a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan with ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.

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