Larry Stafford on Foreign Policy

Libertarian challenger

Focus on major issues in China, not on human rights

Q: Do you agree with the VoteMatch topic, “Link human rights to trade with China”?

A: Agree somewhat. I think as the citizens of China start to do better because of free trade... they will be able to personally work on the smaller details. We should only focus on the major issues.

Source: Email interview on 2008 Senate race with OnTheIssues.org Mar 13, 2008

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