The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is composed of eighteen members, ten Democrats and eight Republicans. The present Chairman is Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey.
Foreign Relations
committee chairman
Congress does not have to give approval to appoint the President's choice for Secretary of State. However, a confirmation hearing takes place before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Federal government
Carl M. Levin is an American politician who is the senior US Senator from Michigan, and has been serving since 1979. As of 2014, he is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Henry Cabot Lodge.
The first chairman of the Senate foreign relations Committee (1816 - 1818) was James Barbour, he was a renowned statesman and orator. Barbour's abilities to persuade by speech were noted by several of his peers, including John Quincy Adams.
United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was created in 1816.
Foreign Relations
The Committee on Foreign Relations is part of the legislative branch of the United States government. It is a standing committee of the Senate that deals with legislation and oversight related to the country's foreign policy and international relations.
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is the current Chairman as of Dec.29,2009.
the Senate
When he was in the US Senate, Barack Obama served on a number of committees: these included the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. He also served on a number of subcommittees, and in the 110th congress, he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs. This subcommittee was involved with global security, and by all accounts, it did hold meetings.
John F. Kerry, Democrat from Massachusetts
Carl Levin (D) is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
See It Now - 1951 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Part II 4-21 was released on: USA: 25 January 1955
George Papandreou is currently OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.