2014 NC Senate debate: on War & Peace


Thom Tillis: Withdrawing too quickly from Iraq left vacuum for ISIS

Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan and Republican rival Thom Tillis are challenging each other again on what to do about the new terror threat overseas.

Hagan told Tillis at their second debate he's waffling on what he would do about eliminating the Islamic State militant group. The state House speaker says Hagan allowed President Obama to withdraw troops too quickly from Iraq and created a vacuum.

Source: WFMY News 2 on 2014 North Carolina Senate debate Oct 8, 2014

Kay Hagan: Supports Obama's anti-ISIS strategy

Thom Tillis is out with a hard-hitting new ad blaming Sen. Hagan for keeping quiet as Pres. Obama took his time to respond to ISIS. The ad argues Obama was slow to recognize the threat from ISIS, and it argues that Hagan has missed half the Senate Armed Services Committee's hearings this year. "While ISIS grew Obama kept waiting and Kay Hagan kept quiet. The price for their failure is danger," the ad's narrator says.

Hagan's camp fired back that Tillis has offered no plan on how to destroy ISIS. "Tillis is desperate to distract from the fact that while he has no position on how to eliminate ISIS and his comments have been called 'waffling' and 'vague.' Kay has been decisive and clear about what action must be taken to destroy these terrorists," said a Hagan spokesman. "Just last week Speaker Tillis admitted that he doesn't know what we should or shouldn't do to eradicate ISIS. North Carolinians--especially our servicemembers--deserve better than Speaker Tillis' spineless fence-sitting."

Source: The Hill AdWatch on 2014 North Carolina Senate race Sep 29, 2014

Thom Tillis: Too little is known about Syrian rebels to arm them

Thom Tillis is out with a hard-hitting new ad arguing that President Obama was slow to recognize the threat from ISIS. "While ISIS grew Obama kept waiting and Kay Hagan kept quiet. The price for their failure is danger," the ad says.

Hagan's camp fired back, "Speaker Tillis has no position on how to eliminate ISIS and his comments have been called 'waffling' and 'vague.' Kay has been decisive and clear," said a Hagan spokesman.

Tillis had said he didn't know if it was good to arm the Syria groups to hit the airwaves since ISIS became a major campaign issue this month. Tillis was one of the first Republicans to jump on the issue, criticizing Hagan in their first debate over Obama's dismissal of ISIS as the "J.V. team."

Source: The Hill AdWatch on 2014 North Carolina Senate race Sep 29, 2014

Kay Hagan: US should have more quickly armed the moderate Syrian rebels

Hagan distanced herself from Obama on U.S. policy in Iraq and Syria, saying the U.S. should have moved more quickly to arm the moderate Syrian rebels. The failure to do that, she said, allowed extremists to grow and gain power in the region.

Tillis, for his part, demonstrated a surprising fluency on foreign policy matters for a state lawmaker, discussing the roots of the militants fighting in Iraq and Syria and criticizing the president for failing to develop a strategy to combat them. "Kay Hagan has allowed it to happen," he added.

Source: CBS News on 2014 North Carolina Senate debate Sep 3, 2014

Thom Tillis: US should have more quickly armed the moderate Syrian rebels

Hagan distanced herself from Obama on U.S. policy in Iraq and Syria, saying the U.S. should have moved more quickly to arm the moderate Syrian rebels. The failure to do that, she said, allowed extremists to grow and gain power in the region.

Tillis, for his part, demonstrated a surprising fluency on foreign policy matters for a state lawmaker, discussing the roots of the militants fighting in Iraq and Syria and criticizing the president for failing to develop a strategy to combat them. "Kay Hagan has allowed it to happen," he added.

Source: CBS News on 2014 North Carolina Senate debate Sep 3, 2014

Sean Haugh: Opposes US military intervention abroad

In the first ever US Senate Libertarian candidates forum, Sean Haugh outlined several areas where his views contrasted with those of his opponent, Tim D'Annunzio, including:
Source: 2014 North Carolina Senate campaign website, SeanHaugh.com Jul 2, 2014

Sean Haugh: Stay out of the Russia-Ukraine imbroglio

Haugh and D'Annunzio are the first Libertarian candidates for US Senate to appear on a primary ballot in North Carolina. They agree on dramatic cutbacks in government reach, strong Second Amendment rights, staying out of the Russia-Ukraine imbroglio, repealing ObamaCare, and scrapping Common Core curriculum standards, the Patriot Act, and the Federal Reserve. But Haugh and D'Annunzio hold different views on abortion, legalizing drugs, the scope of US military action, and immigration controls.
Source: Carolina Journal on 2014 North Carolina Senate debate Apr 8, 2014

Sean Haugh: Iraq exit plan is to find a door and exit

For those concerned about splitting the vote, Haugh said, the antiwar themes in his campaign would place him to the left of Hagan, making it more likely he would drain votes from her. Both candidates said it is time to end our military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan. "We need to just get out. My exit plan is to find a door and exit," Haugh said. The United States is using its military might at the behest of other nations for "control of resources," he said.
Source: Carolina Journal on 2014 North Carolina Senate debate Apr 8, 2014

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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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