Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will convene a hearing on Tuesday, June 14 entitled “U.S. Policy Toward Putin’s Russia.”  The hearing will begin at 10 a.m.

Chairman Royce on the hearing: “The Obama administration’s policy toward Putin’s Russia is clearly failing.  From invading Ukraine to bombing Syrian hospitals and schools, Putin has only become more belligerent, in part due to a lack of U.S. leadership and credibility.  We must work with Russia from a position of strength.  This hearing will look at ways to improve our U.S. policy in order to counter Russia’s aggression and secure American interests.”

What:
Hearing: U.S. Policy Toward Putin’s Russia

When:
Tuesday, June 14 at 10 a.m. ET

Where:
2172 Rayburn House Office Building

Witnesses:
The Honorable Michael McFaul
Senior Fellow and Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Stanford University
(Former American Ambassador to Russia)

The Honorable Jack Matlock
Fellow
Rubenstein Fellows Academy
Duke University
(Former American Ambassador to the U.S.S.R)

Leon Aron, Ph.D.
Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies
The American Enterprise Institute

***See www.foreignaffairs.house.gov for updates.

***Coverage note:  All Foreign Affairs Committee proceedings are webcast live at www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/live-video-feed.

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