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I have served on the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee throughout my entire 17-year career in the
U.S. Senate. In recent years, I have worked to bring attention
to security, human rights, and humanitarian issues on the
Horn of Africa, and particularly in Somalia. I visited the
region in December 2008 to focus on regional security issues
and the threat they pose to our national security. In 2006,
Congress passed my measure requiring the administration to
develop a comprehensive stabilization and reconstruction strategy
for Somalia. The New York Times has labeled me "the Senate's
leading expert on Somalia."
Feingold
spoke from the Senate floor on the crisis in
Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Tanzania) - December 2008Horn
of Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia) - November 2006
Somalia:
Challenges for Renewed Engagement - Center for Strategic
and International Studies, March 10, 2009Promoting
Democracy, Development and U.S. Diplomacy: U.S. Interests
and Values - Georgetown University, September 15, 2008The
Importance of a Stable Somalia to U.S. National Security
- Senate Floor, July 31, 2008 (video
here )Facilitating
a Legitimate Government in Somalia - Senate Floor, June
12, 2007On
Redeploying from Iraq (to focus on terrorist threats including
in Somalia) - May 16, 2007Beyond
Iraq: Refocusing Our National Security Strategy – Center
for Strategic and International Studies, May 19, 2006 (audio
here )CSIS
Conference on Somalia’s Future: Options for Diplomacy, Assistance,
and Peace Operations (Keynote Address) - January 17,
2007
Meeting Somali President Sheikh
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed -
October 2, 2009Focusing on Al Qaeda Safe Havens
in Yemen, Somalia and Around the World -
August 6, 2009Congressional Record Statement
on Piracy in Somalia -
April 24, 2009Secretary Clinton Sending
an Enjoy to the Somali Conference -
April 17, 2009The Safe Rescue of the Captain
and Crew of the Maersk Alabama Off the Coast of Somalia -
April 13, 2009Somali
Pirates Hijacking a Ship with American Crew Members -
April 9, 2009Bringing
Stability to the Horn of Africa - January 27, 2009Reports
of Young Men from the Somali Community Going to Fight in Somalia
- December 4, 2008Insurgents
Marching Toward the Somali Capital - November 17, 2008Pirate
Attacks Off the Somali Coast - November 9, 2008The
Wave of Suicide Bombings in Somalia - October 29, 2008The
Political Crisis in Ethiopia - March 3, 2008The
Worsening Security and Humanitarian Situation in Somalia
- October 31, 2007John
Yates as the New Special Envoy to Somalia - May 18, 2007The
Continued Fighting in Somalia - January 21, 2007Ethiopia's
Military Advances into Somalia - January 4, 2007Reacting
to President Bush’s Speech on National Security – September
5, 2006The
growing piracy problem off the coast of Somalia – November
18, 2005 Focusing
on the fight against terrorism and the need for policy toward
Somalia – March 31, 2004
A
dangerous situation in Somalia reaches into Minnesota
- St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 4, 2009We
Need a Better Map of the World (with Senator Chuck Hagel)
- Miami Herald, June 15, 2008America's
Role in Somalia - Christian Science Monitor, January 16,
2007Use
the Power of the Purse - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January
11, 2007A
Washington Inside Job - Huffington Post, December 8, 2006U.S.
Must Develop a Somalia Strategy - St. Paul Pioneer Press,
August 19, 2004
Developing Coordinated and
Sustainable U.S. Strategy for Somalia
– May 20, 2009Strengthening U.S. Diplomatic
Capacity to Anticipate, Prevent and Respond to Conflict in Africa
– April 21, 2009Nomination
Hearing of Senator Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State
– January 13, 2009Evaluating
U.S. Policy Options on the Horn of Africa - March 10,
2008Hearing
to Explore a Comprehensive Stabilization, Reconstruction,
and Counter-terrorism Strategy for Somalia - February
6, 2007Hearing
to Explore Foreign Policy Options in Somalia – February
6, 2002
Feingold Letter
to President Obama on Piracy and Working on a Comprehensive Strategy to Bring Stability to the Region – April 13,
2009Feingold Letter
to President Obama urging him to signal his intention to make
a "clear break from past policies in Somalia" and develop
a comprehensive and coordinated strategy – February 13,
2009Priorities
for the African Affairs Subcommittee - February 10, 2009Resolution
to Recommit to the 2004 Transitional Federal Charter -
April 29, 2008Somalia
Stabiliuzation and Reconstruction Act - February 6, 2007Letter
to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Calling for a Strategy
for Somalia (signed by Senators Levin, Leahy, Coleman, Obama)
- November 1, 2006
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