ICYMI: Ranking Member Shaheen Featured in New York Times Profile

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was profiled by the New York Times, focusing on her bipartisan approach to foreign policy, her advocacy for the trans-Atlantic relationship and her deep involvement in promoting peace in the Middle East.
Read the full profile of Ranking Member Shaheen here.

Key quotes from Ranking Member Shaheen:

• "There's this view that, well, you have to agree with everybody on everything in order to work with them or to support them. And that's not how you get things done."
• "I start with the premise that it's in America's interest to have our ambassadors around the world at post as soon as possible, because that helps Americans in those countries, and it helps our interests. If people are committed to working for the country, if they support America's values, if they're interested in learning about the country that they're going to be representing or the job that they're taking on, then that goes a long way in my mind in saying that I can support them."
• On Syria: "It's a historic opportunity in the region. But without American engagement, we risk letting it slip away."
• On the destruction of healthcare commodities in Belgium: "The president keeps saying he's combating waste, fraud and abuse. Well, this is the epitome of waste, fraud and abuse."

Other highlights from the article:

• Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader, on Senator Shaheen: "It's like a feeling of confidence that we have our person in the U.S.A. And it's very important because we know how difficult it is to reach high-ranking people in the U.S., but we always have this hand stretched to us."
• The New York Times: "Even as she has backed some of Mr. Trump's nominees, Ms. Shaheen has been vocal in her criticism of many of his foreign policy moves. She has made the case that the administration is undermining the country's ability to compete with China and that Mr. Trump is being "played" by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia."
• The New York Times: "People close to Ms. Shaheen said that her record was a reflection of lessons she learned as New Hampshire's governor in the late 1990s. She was the first woman to lead the Granite State and the first Democrat to do so in a generation, governing with a Republican-controlled legislature that regularly required her to broker deals."

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