WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Hudson Institute senior fellow Matthew Boyse from a Sept. 30, 2025, hearing entitled "The Future of U.S. Black Sea Strategy": * * * Chairman Daines, Ranking Member Murphy, distinguished members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. Before I joined the Hudson Institute, I served in the Foreign Service for 35 years and spent much time dealing with the post-Sovi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Secretary Marco Rubio's call on Oct. 7, 2025, with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper: * * * Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke today with U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. The Secretary and Foreign Secretary emphasized the importance of ending the war in Gaza by implementing President Trump's 20-point plan for peace, securing the release of all hostages, a more PR