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PREPARED STATEMENT BY ROBERT S. KAREM

Mr. Chairman, Senator Reed, Members of the Committee on Armed Services—it

is an honor to appear before you this morning as a nominee to become Assistant

Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.

Leader McConnell, thank you for your very generous introduction. I am tremen-

dously grateful for the confidence you showed in me 17 years ago—the experiences,

opportunities, and lessons provided by my tenure in your office played an essential

role in inspiring a career in public service that has led to my appearing before this

Committee today.

I would like to thank the President of the United States and the Secretary of De-

fense for my nomination. If confirmed, it would be a tremendous and humbling

honor to serve our country at the Department of Defense. Let me also thank my

friends, mentors, and former bosses, colleagues, and counterparts, without whose

support I would likely not be here today.

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I am particularly grateful some of my family could join me this morning.

My parents, Fred and Suzanne, of Lexington, Kentucky and my brother, Fred, of

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are joined by my girlfriend, Alina Polyakova.

My sister, Rebecca Hughes, of Birmingham, Alabama could not be here today, but

I am immensely proud of the amazing mother my little sister has become to her

four children.

***

The responsibilities of the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Inter-

national Security Affairs cover the vast majority of the globe, and stretch across five

combatant commands. It is impossible these days to open a newspaper without con-

fronting bold face headlines about some conflict, crisis, or challenge with which the

dedicated government servants and military personnel who work in ISA are already

ably grappling.

The national security policy challenges these quiet professionals confront everyday

are real, and they are sobering.

If confirmed, it would be a great privilege to serve alongside these American patri-

ots to help rebuild America’s military capabilities and readiness, bolster and mod-

ernize critical alliances such as NATO while rebalancing burden-sharing within

these alliances, strengthen United States credibility and influence in regions of stra-

tegic interest, defeat ISIS and other terrorist groups, confront Russian and Iranian

aggression, combat new cyber threats, and create conditions favorable for safe-

guarding our national security and promoting America’s economic prosperity.

If confirmed, I look forward to working closely with this Committee, and with the

Congress as a whole, to address these and other national security challenges facing

our country.

I am grateful for your consideration of my nomination, and I look forward to your

questions.

Thank you.

Chairman MCCAIN. Thank you.

Ms. Bingen?

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>are joined by my girlfriend, Alina Polyakova.

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Alina Polyakova

Experts; Staff

President & CEO

Dr. Alina Polyakova is President and CEO of theCenter for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) as well as the Donald Marron Senior Fellow at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Dr. Polyakova is a recognized expert on transatlantic relations, European security including Russia and Ukraine, tech policy, and populism. She is the author of the book, The Dark Sideof European Integration, which examines the rise of far-right political movements in Europe, as well as dozens of major policy reports and articles in outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and The Atlantic, and others. She is a frequent commentator in major media outlets, such as Fox News, CNN, and BBC.

Dr. Polyakova is an experienced leader with previous roles as the Founding Director for Global Democracy and Emerging Technology at the Brookings Institution,Director of Research for Europe and Eurasia at theAtlantic Council, among others. She has also held numerous prestigious fellowships, including at the National Science Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Fulbright Foundation, among others. She serves on the board of the Free Russia Foundation and is a member of the Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS) and the Scientific Council of the Elcano Royal Institute.

Dr. Polyakova holds a Ph.D. and MA in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in Economics and Sociology from Emory University.

https://cepa.org/author/alina-polyakova/

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How the war hysteria soycake gets made. Alina Polyakova's boyfriend is Robert Karem, McConnell protege, worked for Cheney, who ran Russia-Ukraine policy under Trump. Were these two involved in Trump's "impeachment" over funding cuts to their ethnic gangster lobby for Ukraine. idk

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HOLSMAN INTERNATIONAL

109 N Mill St LEXINGTON KY 405 07 -1158

FRED G KAREM

SECRETARY

Since October 2000

Holsman International is a Washington, D.C.-based investment management and consulting firm led by Henrietta Holsman Fore, the former Executive Director of UNICEF and USAID Administrator. The company operates as a manufacturing, consulting, and investment firm focusing on raw materials, manufacturing, woodwork, energy, and water conservation products

Key Details About Holsman International

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October 8, 2025 ·

Henrietta Fore, former USAID Administrator and CEO of Holsman International, highlights the strategic value of U.S. foreign assistance, asserting that it is essential soft power, not just charity.

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>Henrietta Fore, former USAID Administrator and CEO of Holsman International, highlights the strategic value of U.S. foreign assistance, asserting that it is essential soft power, not just charity.

>#USAID #foreignaid #softpower #geopolitics

Henrietta Holsman Fore (born December 9, 1948) is an American government official and business executive who was the executive director of UNICEF from 2018 until 2022.[1] Fore is chairman and CEO of Holsman International, a management, investment, and advisory services company. She served in three presidential appointments under President George W. Bush: Fore was the first woman Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, the 11th Under Secretary of Management in the Department of State, and the 37th Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury.[2] She was the presidential appointee for President George H. W. Bush at the United States Agency for International Development.

Early life and education

Fore was born in Chicago, Illinois.[3] Her mother was from Switzerland. Her father served the military during World War I.[4] Her grandfather is turn of the century architect Henry K. Holsman, inventor of the Holsman Automobile (1902-1911).[5][6]

Fore grew up in Santa Barbara, California and attended Crane Country Day School[7] and Cold Springs School. She attended the Graham-Eckes School in Palm Beach, Florida, and graduated in 1966 from The Baldwin School, a private girls boarding school in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

In 1970, Fore received a B.A. in history, economics, and art from Wellesley College.[4] In 1975, she received a M.S. in public administration from the University of Northern Colorado.[8] In 1986, she studied international politics at the University of Oxford.

Career

After college, Fore worked in the federal government. She then worked at one of her father's companies, a small manufacturing business in the steel industry, a position she held for 12 years.[4] From 1977 to 1989, she was president and director of Stockton Wire Products in Burbank, California.[9] From 1981 to 1989, she was president and the chairman of the board of Pozacorp, Inc. in Burbank, California.[9]

Fore meets with U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2019.

From 2001 to 2005, Fore served as the 37th Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury, serving Secretary of Treasury, Paul H. O'Neill and Secretary of Treasury John W. Snow.[10]

From 2005 to 2007, Fore served as Under Secretary of State for Management, the Chief Operating Officer for the United States Department of State, serving Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.[11]

From May 2007 to January 2009, Fore served as the 13th Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),[9] and Director of United States Foreign Assistance, holding the equivalent rank as Deputy Secretary of State.

In January 2018, Fore was appointed as the executive director of UNICEF by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.[12] As part of this position, Fore has worked in collaboration with GAVI, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World Health Organization, among others, to facilitate vaccination to combat the COVID-19 global pandemic.[4]

Fore resigned in July 2021 to attend to her husband’s serious health issue but offered to stay on until her successor was recruited.[13] Her successor, Catherine M. Russell, assumed office on February 1, 2022.[14]

Fore is the Chairman and CEO of Holsman International; Chairman and Owner of Stockton Products[9] and Vincenza; and Chairman and Managing Partner of Seaward International Company. She is a Mission Board Member of EQT Future Fund;[15] Director of Imperative Care;[16] Board Trustee of Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and a Board Member of Global Preparedness Monitoring Board,[17] co-convened by the World Bank Group and WHO.

Personal life

Fore lives in Nevada with her husband Richard L. Fore, who has four children.[4] She has one sister, Marta Babson.[5][6] Fore is a Republican

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>HOLSMAN INTERNATIONAL

> 109 N Mill St LEXINGTON KY 405 07 -1158

> FRED G KAREM

> SECRETARY

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