On the Campaign Trail: Where He’s Coming From In his three terms in Congress, Beto O’Rourke staked out positions on issues of war and peace to the left of President Obama. Where other candidates have gone along with the foreign policy consensus in Washington, O’Rourke sometimes broke with it. While his signature foreign policy issue...
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Amy Klobuchar Supports European Alliances
On the Campaign Trail: The “National Security” vertical of Klobuchar’s web site shows that the senior senator from Minnesota does not stray far from the Washington orthodoxy. While her public statement on issues of war, peace and the secret agencies are not detailed, they indicate Klobuchar is a candidate of continuity, not change. President Klobuchar...
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Divided Democrats Agree: Russia Threatens the 2020 Election
The Democratic presidential contenders maybe divided on Medicare for all and decriminalizing border crossing, but they are agree on one thing: Russia is a threat to the integrity of the 2020 election. Russia not a focus of the televised debate in Detroit on Tuesday, but most of the contenders have spoken on the issue since...
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Kirsten Gillibrand, Hawkish Critic of Endless Wars
On the Campaign Trail: ——————- Foreign Policy Vision: ‘Strong and Strategic’ The junior senator from New York says “America needs a strong and strategic foreign policy, not endless wars.“ Gillibrand combines opposition to U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria with hawkish positions on Venezuela and Iran. [Do you like Kirsten Gillibrand? Tell us...
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Where Democrats See Danger in the World
When it comes to the biggest geopolitical threat facing the United States, the Democratic candidates are divided. In contrast to the Iran issue, where the Democrats are united, the threat issue In the first debate, moderator Chuck Todd put the question point blank to the ten candidates. “Who is the geopolitical threat to the United...