Eric Brakey in The Washington Examiner

On Foreign Policy: Crazy that we have our troops in 177 different countries

On foreign policy: "The interesting thing is, as a liberty Republican, I'm also with the Democrats on some issues, the Republicans on some issues, and sometimes I'm by myself completely, but it tends to be the exact opposite of the issues," Brakey explained. "When it comes to foreign policy, I want us to be realistic. I think that it's crazy that we have our troops in 177 different countries, that we're in Afghanistan 16 years later, when the youngest soldiers currently going in there were two years old when we went in there in the first place."

Brakey has certainly put his chips in the center of the table; as a Maine representative on the Republican National Committee National Platform Convention in Cleveland last year, he supported unsuccessful condemnations of the intervention in Libya and a resolution calling the deposition of Middle Eastern dictators a failed policy. Where others talk the talk, Brakey has gone out on a limb to uphold and represent his values on the main stage.

Source: Washington Examiner on 2018 Maine Senate race Dec 7, 2017

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