State of California Archives: on Foreign Policy

Bill Jones: UN has not acted decisively during major conflicts

Gloria La Riva: Close all US bases abroad; and exit all war zones

No.

Q: Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan?

No.

Q: Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan?

No.

Q: Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan?

No.

Q: Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States?

No.

Q: Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?

Yes.

Q: Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?

No.

Q: Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq?

Yes.

Q: Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements?

No.

La Riva adds, "I believe all U.S. bases outside of the country should be closed immediately."

James Bradley: Bolster Israel; cut off funds to terrorists

FOREIGN POLICY:
• Pro policies to bolster the U.S. Israel security relationship
• Cut off funding of combatant nations who harbor and protect terrorist groups
• Turn-key operations with substantial tax rebates for international companies to invest domestically
• More efficient work visas for offshore inventors to bring their innovations to America to create jobs and build a more robust economy
• American workers first before bringing labor from offshore
• I stand with Israel. I whole heartedly support Israel's right to exist. I believe that [Trump's] proposed "Peace Plan" is worthy of a thorough vetting. I will not reject any viable plan for peace in the Middle East which guarantees Israel's security and Jewish freedom of worship in their ancestral land. This is what God said about the nation of Israel:
• "I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you" (Genesis 12:3) Let us keep America blessed!

Kamala Harris: Distinguish Islamic religion from terrorism

Foreign policy has become an unusually prominent issue heading into the 2016 election cycle. President Obama has made a strong effort to avoid labeling the terrorism carried out in the name of religion "radical Islam." When asked for her take on that, Harris echoed President Obama saying "there are extremists who are using religion as a cloak to commit terror and terrorist acts. And I think it would be a mistake for any of us to mistake the religion for the terrorists. They can be distinguished. And they should be in our language as well as our policy approach."

She prefaced her remarks by pointing out the need to talk about Israel "because it is our strongest ally in the Middle East. And so we have to take that seriously and be guided by that reality, as it relates to issues that impact the Middle East."

Kamala Harris: The way to keep us safe is NOT to keep outsiders out

California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris said in an interview that she opposed the GOP measure because it set up an "untenable" system. Beyond the current 18-to-24 month vetting process, it would have required top federal officials to certify that individual refugees pose no threat. She recalled a heart-rending photo of a drowned Syrian toddler, part of a refugee family torn apart while trying to escape: "We can't allow the images of the tragedy of what happened in Paris to blind us to the image of a 3-year-old child who washed up on a Mediterranean beach." She said, "There is a drum beating, that the way to keep us safe is to keep outsiders out. That scares me. Ask native Americans: We are a country of immigrants." But, she added, "there's no question that we have to be vigilant."

Mimi Walters: US directly benefits from military aid to Israel

The United States directly benefits from this military aid, creating higher paying jobs in the United States while keeping us safer with more advanced defense technology developed by the Israeli's.