Iraq War
Al-Qaeda & the Taliban have regrouped due to Bush's neglect. (Aug 2008)
Iraq war is sucking up a $150B a year. (Dec 2007)
Post-colonial countries like Iraq need federal system. (Nov 2007)
Third way: federalize Iraq; troops home; no chaos behind. (Nov 2007)
Troops out by 2013 if no political reconciliation. (Sep 2007)
Patraeus report is wrong strategy; draw down troops now. (Sep 2007)
Changed mind on Iraq pullout, not about political solution. (Sep 2007)
Worth losing election to protect our troops. (Sep 2007)
Leaving Iraq will cause generation-long regional war. (Aug 2007)
Bush has lied for 7 years; tell truth on Iraq. (Aug 2007)
Voted for Iraq War resolution to avoid war in Iraq. (Jul 2007)
Bush invaded Iraq as the weakest of the Axis of Evil. (Jul 2007)
End neocon fantasy of remaking Iraq in our image. (Jul 2007)
We can't just pull out; one year to remove 160,000 troops. (Jul 2007)
Iraqi leaders unwilling & unable to accommodate with Sunnis. (Jul 2007)
Never de-fund a single soldier in Iraq. (Jul 2007)
Rather lose elections than to lose troops' lives. (Jun 2007)
Start to draw down troops immediately and all out by '08. (Jun 2007)
Fund the safety of the troops till 67 anti-war votes reached. (Jun 2007)
Start moving combat troops out of harm's way now. (Apr 2007)
Not micromanaging war to authorize & define mission. (Apr 2007)
Target date ok; deadline not ok; changing failed mission ok. (Apr 2007)
Think about the decade after Iraq, not just the day after. (Apr 2007)
There will be a residual force left in Iraq. (Apr 2007)
In 2002 Saddam posed a threat of purchasing a nuclear bomb. (Apr 2007)
US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility. (Apr 2007)
Partitioning Iraq is inevitable, as shown by history. (Apr 2007)
Change the fundamental premise of Iraq engagement. (Apr 2007)
Decentralize Iraqi government; local control over daily life. (Apr 2007)
Biden-Gelb plan: UN & Muslim powers to enforce Iraq unity. (Apr 2007)
Stop training thugs as the national Iraqi police force. (Apr 2007)
Decentralize Iraq to give people control over daily lives. (Feb 2007)
If Iraq metastasizes into regional war, it'll take decades. (Feb 2007)
Trouble Spots
Accept NIE conclusion that Iran stopped nukes in 2003. (Dec 2007)
Muslims don't like us because they do not trust us. (Dec 2007)
Strong US intervention in trouble spots around the world. (Nov 2007)
A military action resolution on Iran is a bad policy. (Oct 2007)
It's already US policy to go into Pakistan to get al Qaeda. (Aug 2007)
1995: pushed to lift arms embargo in Bosnia. (Jul 2007)
1995: pushed Clinton to bomb Serbia to free Kosovo. (Jul 2007)
Do away with the policy of regime change for Iran. (Jun 2007)
Replace pre-emption doctrine with prevention. (Apr 2007)
Voting Record
Regrets his war vote because Bush misused war authority. (Apr 2007)
Vote for war allowed war only after all else failed. (Apr 2007)
Introduced legislation barring US Military bases in Iraq. (Apr 2007)
Vote for Iraq War was mistake; assumed Bush competence. (Feb 2007)
Voted for Iraq war in 2002, but now a war critic. (Nov 2006)
Voted NO on designating Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terrorists. (Sep 2007)
Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008. (Mar 2007)
Voted NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on investigating contract awards in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Nov 2005)
Voted YES on $86 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Oct 2003)
Voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq. (Oct 2002)
Voted NO on allowing all necessary force in Kosovo. (May 1999)
Voted YES on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo. (Mar 1999)
Voted YES on ending the Bosnian arms embargo. (Jul 1995)
Condemns anti-Muslim bigotry in name of anti-terrorism. (Oct 2001)
No troop surge: no military escalation in Iraq. (Jan 2007)
Deploy UN multinational peacekeeping force in Darfur. (Jul 2007)
Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (Nov 1995)
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