Tillerson
either had no knowledge of women's issues in Saudi Arabia or fails to
value the importance of that issue, which I believe to be an American
value. The United States faces an increasing number of global threats,
including North Korea, Russia, China, Iran, and terrorist organizations
across multiple continents. We face evolving threats from nonstate
actors and terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic
State. Instability and civil war in the Middle East have led to the
greatest global refugee crisis since World War II. Russia and China are
acting aggressively to assert their influence and challenge and provoke
American interests and allies. Global threats such as pandemic disease,
nuclear proliferation, and climate change require international
cooperation and responses.