The Washington Examiner: on Foreign Policy
Eric Brakey:
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
Nikki Haley:
Helped broker U.N. sanctions on North Korea
According to former national security adviser H.R. McMaster, Haley played a "central role" in brokering the U.N. sanctions on North Korea. "She has what we call strategic
empathy," he says. "She's able to take problems from the perspective of others and then frame these problems from their perspective. What she was particularly adept at doing was convincing others why it was in their interest to join us."
Source: The Washington Examiner on Trump Cabinet
Dec 13, 2018
Nikki Haley:
Obama was wrong to abstain on Cuba's anti-US resolution
She is disdainful of where the United States was at the end of Obama's tenure. "For example, right before I came in, there was a Cuban-sponsored anti-American resolution."
That would be the evergreen condemnation of the U.S. embargo of Cuba. In the fall of 2016, when the vote came up, "The United States abstained," Haley recounts, "It blamed America for all of Cuba's problems, and we just... abstained."
Source: The Washington Examiner on Trump Cabinet
Dec 13, 2018
Glenn Elliott:
Support for Ukraine critical for our national security
[Comparing candidate stances on Russia-Ukraine war]: As West Virginia's incumbent governor, Jim Justice requested $5 million from the state legislature in 2022 to aid Ukraine during the initial days of the war, which he said would support a maternity
and children's hospital in that country. Justice also donated several armored personnel carriers from the West Virginia National Guard to Ukraine and directed state law enforcement agencies to send their surplus bulletproof vests to the country.
Similarly, Glenn Elliott, the mayor of has taken a strong position in favor of Ukraine. He supports more U.S. military and financial aid to the country. "I do believe that supporting Ukraine financially and militarily in their war against
[Russia President Vladimir] Putin's dangerous authoritarianism is critical for our national security interests. We must support Ukraine's efforts now as a broader effort to protect other European nation's sovereignty."
Source: Washington Examiner on 2024 West Virginia Senate race
Jun 5, 2024
Jim Justice:
Requested $5m from legislature to support Ukraine hospital
[Comparing candidate stances on Russia-Ukraine war]: As West Virginia's incumbent governor, Jim Justice requested $5 million from the state legislature in 2022 to aid Ukraine during the initial days of the war, which he said would support a maternity
and children's hospital in that country. Justice also donated several armored personnel carriers from the West Virginia National Guard to Ukraine and directed state law enforcement agencies to send their surplus bulletproof vests to the country.
Similarly, Glenn Elliott, the mayor of has taken a strong position in favor of Ukraine. He supports more U.S. military and financial aid to the country. "I do believe that supporting Ukraine financially and militarily in their war against
[Russia President Vladimir] Putin's dangerous authoritarianism is critical for our national security interests. We must support Ukraine's efforts now as a broader effort to protect other European nation's sovereignty."
Source: Washington Examiner on 2024 West Virginia Senate race
Jun 5, 2024
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