2016 NC Senate race: on Foreign Policy


Deborah Ross: Work with Iran on nukes; work with allies on ISIS

Q: On Iran: Support the US-Iran treaty that limits Iran's nuclear capability in return for lifting economic sanctions?

Burr: No

Ross: Yes

Q: On Iraq: How should the US combat ISIS?

Burr: Eliminate Isis rather than contain it, specific plans unclear.

Ross: "Take them out, cut off supplies, work with allies."

Source: CampusElect Voter Guide to 2016 North Carolina Senate race Oct 9, 2016

Deborah Ross: Approach threats in multilateral way, like Iran nuclear deal

Deborah supports the Iran nuclear deal, saying she favors approaching threats in a multilateral way and foreign policy through diplomacy.

She has endorsed the Kissinger-Shultz-Nunn-Perry vision of moving responsibly toward a world free of nuclear weapons and further negotiations with Russia to reduce nuclear weapons.

In the 2013-4 Congress, Burr scored a 13% on the Council for a Livable World voting scorecard. He voted to increase funding for an East Coast missile defense site. Last year, he also voted to torpedo the Iran nuclear deal and signed what was widely seen as an inappropriate letter circulated by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and sent from Republican U.S. senators to the Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei that was intended to derail the on-going negotiations.

Source: LivableWorld.org on 2016 North Carolina Senate race Aug 31, 2016

Richard Burr: 13% on Livable World scorecard; opposed Iran nuke deal

In the 2013-4 Congress, Burr scored a 13% on the Council for a Livable World voting scorecard. He voted to increase funding for an East Coast missile defense site. Last year, he also voted to torpedo the Iran nuclear deal and signed what was widely seen as an inappropriate letter circulated by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and sent from Republican U.S. senators to the Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei that was intended to derail the on-going negotiations.
Source: LivableWorld.org on 2016 North Carolina Senate race Aug 31, 2016

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