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Ted Cruz
Rand Paul
Marco Rubio
Hillary Clinton
According to the memoir of former
Defense Secretary Robert Gates,
Clinton argued forcefully that
withdrawing the surge [before the end of
2012] would signal we were abandoning
Afghanistan. The troops departed in
Sept. 2012. [1]
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Cruz opposes the framework, saying: Paul supports negotiations, but believes
The so-called deal, unilaterally
only Congress can relieve sanctions. He
arranged
without
any
consultation
with
has said: I voted to put sanctions on
Iran
Congress, lifts sanctions and effectively Iran. Sanctions can only be relieved by
puts Iran on the path to the bomb
Congress voting to remove those, and so
Support for Iran
after a 10-year horizon. Under no thats why Ive signed onto the Corker
nuclear deal
circumstance should a U.S. President bill, which would actually say that any
framework
lift sanctions and grant nuclear
kind of permanent reduction or relief
capability to a nation that proudly
from sanctions has to be voted on in
chants Death to America. [1]
Congress. [1]
Cruz has called on the President to
Paul has argued for economic sanctions
Russia & Ukraine provide defensive arms to Ukraine. and visa bans against Russia, and the
He also co-sponsored a bill to expand suspension of loans to Ukraine. Before
that, in Feb. 2014, Paul argued that the
Position on providing the Presidents authority to impose
US should seek respectful relations
arms to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia (the House
Russian sanctions version of the bill was passed in Dec. with Russia and shouldnt provoke Putin
2014). [1, 2]
over Ukraine. [1, 2]
Syria
Cruz opposed the Sept. 2013 AUMF
Paul voted against the Sept. 2013 AUMF
authorizing intervention in Syria and
Support for Syrian voted against arming Syrian rebels in in committee and voted against arming
Syrian rebels in Sept. 2014. [1, 2]
intervention and
Sept. 2014. [1, 2]
arming Syrian rebels
In 2009, Paul denounced the CIAs
Cruz has said that torture is
practices as torture and said the
Torture, Interrogation, unambiguously wrong, but also
Republican party should distance itself
& the SSCI Report criticized the release of the SSCIs
from Dick Cheney as a result. Paul has
torture report as a political maneuver.
also said that the government should be
He said he does not support the CIAs
Position on the release use of the techniques described in the more transparent about its past
interrogation practices and should take a
of the SSCI report report, but did not refer to them as
moral stance against torture. [1, 2]
torture. [1]
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Missile defense:
Syria:
Womens rights:
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