MSNBC news programs: on Homeland Security
Joseph Lieberman:
Supported use of force in Gulf War
Lieberman stood out in 1991, when he was one of only 10 Senate Democrats to vote to support President George Bush's use of force against Iraq in the Gulf War -Gore also voted for that resolution.
Source: MSNBC.com on 2000 election
Aug 7, 2000
Marco Rubio:
We need coherent interrogation policy, & keep it classified
Sen. Ted Cruz took a stand against torture: "Senate Democrats have endangered Americans all over the world by releasing classified tactics, which have since rightly been outlawed, used by the intelligence community in the aftermath of the 9/11
terrorist attacks," Cruz said in a statement.Like Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio weighed in with one of the strongest responses, in a joint statement with Idaho's Sen. Jim Risch, calling the release of the report "reckless and irresponsible" and demanding
a more current detention and interrogation policy: "As a nation at war, we need a coherent detention and interrogation policy in order to extract valuable intelligence about terrorist networks from captured operatives. The Obama
Administration has no detention policy, and it has hindered U.S. efforts to fight terrorism globally," they said. Rubio later told reporters he didn't support brutal interrogation methods, however.
Source: MSNBC 2014 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Dec 11, 2014
Rand Paul:
Transparency is mostly good; we should not have torture
Sen. Rand Paul--someone who has spoken out against waterboarding as torture before--declined to weigh in on how the [newly-released Senate report on torture] reflected on former president Bush, giving a cautious statement when caught outside
his Senate office: "It's important that people take a stand and representatives take a stand on whether they believe torture should be allowed. I think we should not have torture," Paul said. "Transparency is mostly good for government. The only thing
I would question is whether or not the actual details, the gruesomeness of the details, will be beneficial or inflammatory."Florida's Sen. Marco Rubio weighed in with one of the strongest responses, in a joint statement with Idaho's Sen.
Jim Risch, calling the release of the report "reckless and irresponsible" and demanding a more current detention and interrogation policy. Sen. Ted Cruz said "Senate Democrats have endangered Americans" by releasing the report.
Source: MSNBC 2014 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Dec 11, 2014
Ted Cruz:
Torture was rightly outlawed, but keep tactics classified
Cruz took a stand against torture: "Within 48 hours, President Obama has set Guantanamo Bay detainees free, and Senate Democrats have endangered Americans all over the world by releasing classified tactics, which have since rightly been outlawed, used
by the intelligence community in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks," Cruz said in a statement "After six years, enough with saying 'everything is George W. Bush's fault.' It's sad that, with all the threats we face across the globe, Senate
Democrats are still more interested in scoring political points against the Bush Administration than in working together to keep America safe and our military strong."Like Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio weighed in with one of the strongest
responses, in a joint statement with Idaho's Sen. Jim Risch, calling the release of the report "reckless and irresponsible" and demanding a more current detention and interrogation policy.
Source: MSNBC 2014 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Dec 11, 2014
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