2020 NE Senatorial race: on Foreign Policy


Ben Sasse: Unstinting advocate for American engagement in the world

I am an unstinting advocate for American engagement in the world, and I think the impulse to withdraw from America's important, longstanding commitments is a very bad thing. U.S. global leadership is indispensable, not only for the security of America's friends and partners, but for protecting America's own interests. When hell breaks loose on the other side of the world, it inevitably boomerangs home. When the United States doesn't lead, chaos inevitably follows. If America continues to drift toward global disengagement, it will be sucked into all sorts of troubles that it can't envision right now.
Source: Texas National Security Review on 2020 Nebraska Senate race Nov 30, 2018

Ben Sasse: Putin leads a thugocracy; runs disinformation everywhere

Putin presides over a thugocracy, and the only reason he can keep his people down is by trying to keep the other kleptocrats satisfied and in power in their horrible agreement they have against the Russian people. And so, Russia runs disinformation campaigns everywhere. The American electorate is going to need to learn, and the tech companies and the US intelligence community is going to need to do a better job of making clear to the American people how much disinformation is out there.
Source: Remarks at National Press Club on 2020 Nebraska Senate race Oct 30, 2018

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MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
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PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
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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)
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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)
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