Mccain Foreign Policy

Defending Against the Real Threats

Rep. Ellen Tauscher | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Ellen Tauscher

Republicans in Congress, led by McCain, are once again reacting to Russian saber-rattling in a manner that reflects their complete misunderstanding of the threats the United States and our allies face.

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John McCain's Secretive Plan to "Kill the UN"

Johann Hari | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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Johann Hari

McCain has decided to build up an innocuous-sounding alternative called a 'League of Democracies -- an alliance of countries the US labels democratic that can be used to legitimate US military actions.

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A Pundit Not a President

Max Bergmann | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

McCain's approach and tone on foreign policy has always been more emblematic of a TV pundit rather than a sober president.

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Who's Presumptuous Now? McCain Articulates U.S. Foreign Policy in Georgia Conflict

Kent Greenfield | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

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Kent Greenfield

It strikes me as presumptuous indeed for McCain to telephone the president of one of the warring nations, especially to promise something serious. What exactly does "we are all Georgians" mean?

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Sam Stein

McCain Adviser Arrested Once For Gun Violation On Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

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John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, is known for his aggressive posture on foreign policy, having served as an architect of...

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Sam Stein

McCain: "In The 21st Century Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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Speaking to reporters about the situation in Georgia, Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that:"in the 21st centur...

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Obama's Vacation Assignment: Prepping to Make the Case that McCain Isn't "Ready to Lead" on National Security

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

Voters trust McCain on the war on terror; Obama needs to show them every day why they shouldn't.

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McCain After 9/11: Wrong About Everything

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.04.2008 | Home

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Stephen C. Rose

On Letterman that October, our experience candidate, was selling Bush's disastrous foreign policy, just as he is today, and in the signature Bush style: smugly and crudely.

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McCain Is Taking Foreign Policy Advice From This Guy?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

Like all right-wing foreign policy hacks, Randy Scheunemann is a fervent believer in the sanctity of American power as an infallible force for good.

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Does "Pro-Israel" Mean Anything?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

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MJ Rosenberg

Supporting the status quo on Israel is the path of least resistance. It is easy and risk-free. But it only adds to Israel's security problems -- and America's declining strategic position in the Middle East.

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McCain More Conservative Than Bush

New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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President Bush and Senator John McCain have long been in agreement on major elements of American foreign policy, particularly in their approach to the...

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War President McCain

Jeffrey Klein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Jeffrey Klein

McCain is not as diabolical as Nixon, but he remains ideologically confined by the same faulty hawkish logic the U.S. used to lose the Vietnam War.

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Like Vagueness? Elect McCain Commander In Chief

Lionel Beehner | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

McCain's call for an "integrated" "multi-front" plan for victory in Aghanistan is just gobbledygook for "stay the course but make tweaks around the margins."

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Sam Stein

Biden Praises Obama's Spine, Tells McCain To Study History

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Joseph Biden started his speech to the Center for U.S. Global Engagement on Tuesday with the caveat that he is not an Obama insider. But he certa...

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Sam Stein

Bush Echoes Obama: Afghanistan Is Descending Into Iraq-Like Insurgency

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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President Bush, during a news conference on Tuesday, compared current-day Afghanistan to the war in Iraq in the height of its insurgency. In the proce...

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McCain Defends Czechoslovakia, A Non-Existent Country -- Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE JUNE 15: McCain made the same mistake again today during a town hall meeting in New Mexico. Watch the video below. At a press availability...

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The McCain Campaign Tries Cross-Dressing on Iran

Daniel Levy | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Daniel Levy

So here was the McCain campaign accusing Obama of being insufficiently multilateral and pro-diplomacy in its foreign policy. It's hard to know where to begin.

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How to Judge the Candidates' Foreign Policy Experience

Lionel Beehner | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

Though Obama has been trashed about his reversal on Iraq, he is right on the biggest foreign policy question facing voters: Is Iraq the central front on the war on terror or is Afghanistan?

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Ahmadinejad: I'd Sit Down With Obama And McCain

AFP | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the candidates vying for the US presidency to a debate and called for "fundamental change" ...

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Sam Stein

Obama Camp Works To Put Focus On Afghanistan, Not Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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On Thursday, aides to Barack Obama continued what appears to be a concerted efforts to shift the foreign policy debate from Iraq to Afghanistan. Harpi...

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Jeb Bush Joining McCain In Mexico City

ABC News | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will join presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain in Mexico City Thursday ...

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McCain Got Advance Knowledge Of Colombia Raid

CNN's Political Ticker | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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After a scheduled meeting between John McCain and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Tuesday, the presumptive Republican nominee was briefed on the upco...

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McCain Confuses Somalia And Sudan

Think Progress | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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John McCain misspoke and confused his African countries while talking to reporters on the Straight Talk Express today. This time, he was bailed out no...

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Can the Republican Party Begin to Look Forward?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

The substance of any proposed economic reforms is less important, frankly, than McCain demonstrating that he can, in fact, understand the economy and discuss it in some depth.

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Third Term

Max Bergmann | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

John McCain had George Bush's foreign policy before George Bush. This is not just some campaign line -- it happens to be the truth.

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