Republican nominee for President; Senior Senator (AZ):
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- 2001: Publicly rebuke Uzbekistan for human rights violations. (Feb 2011)
- Create League of Democracies, instead of UN with dictators. (Nov 2010)
- Ukraine now in Putin’s sights; penalize Russian aggression. (Oct 2008)
- Nuclear Iran is an existential threat to Israel. (Sep 2008)
- Preconditions required for talks with rogue states. (Sep 2008)
- Russian aggression in Georgia is wrong; I see KGB in Putin. (Sep 2008)
- Sit down with any leader, but only with pre-conditions. (Sep 2008)
- FactCheck: Obama sought restraint in Georgia; so did Bush. (Sep 2008)
- I’m prepared for the dangerous threats in this world. (Sep 2008)
- 1994: Worked with John Kerry to normalize Vietnam relations. (Mar 2008)
- No circumstances where president can disregard treaties. (Dec 2007)
- Maintain Cuban embargo; indict Castro. (Dec 2007)
- Situation in Pakistan very serious, but not nuclear threat. (Oct 2007)
- We need bigger army for more militaristic foreign policy. (Oct 2007)
- Somalia: alleviating starvation OK; nation-building not. (Oct 2007)
- 1970s: Vietnam justified because of Domino Theory. (Oct 2007)
- Naive to exclude nukes; naive to exclude attacking Pakistan. (Aug 2007)
- We have good reason to expect solidarity of our allies. (Aug 2004)
- Suu Kyi and the people of Burma will rule themselves someday. (Apr 2004)
- 2000: Internationalist vision with populist caution. (Sep 2000)
- Overthrow “rogue” governments to keep Americans safe. (Feb 2000)
- Our conscience influences US intervention, as in Rwanda. (Feb 2000)
- Africa: Money for AIDS would be lost to corruption. (Jan 2000)
- Concern over Chechnya spreads to Caucasus oil reserves. (Jan 2000)
- Russia: Sanctions until Putin exits Chechnya. (Jan 2000)
- IMF’s Russia policies bad, but agency is OK. (Oct 1999)
- Urge Japan to open economy to ensure Asian recovery. (May 1999)
- Clinton abandoned framework of “assertive multilateralism”. (Apr 1999)
- Korea: ease starvation, but avoid war during death throes. (Apr 1999)
- Cuba: No diplomatic and trade relations. (Jul 1998)
China
- Support the One-China policy, don’t weaken it. (Mar 2000)
- $1M political donations by Chinese Army should not be legal. (Jan 2000)
- China: Advocate for political reforms, and guard Taiwan. (Jun 1999)
- Inaction on spying led to Chinese nuclear improvement. (May 1999)
- Engage with China as they become a great power. (Apr 1999)
Voting Record
- Pay dues to UN after UN reforms. (Jul 1998)
- Voted YES on cooperating with India as a nuclear power. (Oct 2008)
- Voted NO on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons. (Sep 2000)
- Voted YES on capping foreign aid at only $12.7 billion. (Oct 1999)
- Voted YES on limiting the President's power to impose economic sanctions. (Jul 1998)
- Voted NO on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech. (Apr 1998)
- Voted YES on $17.9 billion to IMF. (Mar 1998)
- Voted YES on Strengthening of the trade embargo against Cuba. (Mar 1996)
- Voted YES on ending Vietnam embargo. (Jan 1994)
- Sponsored bill suspending Russia's participation in the G-8. (Feb 2005)
- Libyan disarmament was a CIA success story. (Mar 2005)
- Impose sanctions and an import ban on Burma. (Oct 2007)
- Rated +1 by AAI, indicating a mixed Arab/Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
- Urge Venezuela to re-open dissident radio & TV stations. (May 2007)
- Call for Burma's junta to release political prisoners. (Jun 2007)
- Let Ukraine & Georgia enter NATO. (Jan 2008)
- Sponsored bill supporting demonstrations against Iran. (Jun 2009)
- Pressure friendly Arab states to end Israeli boycott. (Oct 2007)
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