John McCain on Foreign Policy
• Nuclear Iran is an existential threat to Israel. (Sep 2008)
• Preconditions required for talks with rogue states. (Sep 2008)
• Russian aggression in Georgia is wrong; I see KGB in Putin. (Sep 2008)
• Sit down with any leader, but only with pre-conditions. (Sep 2008)
• FactCheck: Obama sought restraint in Georgia; so did Bush. (Sep 2008)
• I'm prepared for the dangerous threats in this world. (Sep 2008)
• No circumstances where president can disregard treaties. (Dec 2007)
• Maintain Cuban embargo; indict Castro. (Dec 2007)
• Situation in Pakistan very serious, but not nuclear threat. (Oct 2007)
• Naive to exclude nukes; naive to exclude attacking Pakistan. (Aug 2007)
• We have good reason to expect solidarity of our allies. (Aug 2004)
• Suu Kyi and the people of Burma will rule themselves someday. (Apr 2004)
• Overthrow “rogue” governments to keep Americans safe. (Feb 2000)
• Our conscience influences US intervention, as in Rwanda. (Feb 2000)
• Africa: Money for AIDS would be lost to corruption. (Jan 2000)
• Concern over Chechnya spreads to Caucasus oil reserves. (Jan 2000)
• Russia: Sanctions until Putin exits Chechnya. (Jan 2000)
• IMF’s Russia policies bad, but agency is OK. (Oct 1999)
• Urge Japan to open economy to ensure Asian recovery. (May 1999)
• Clinton abandoned framework of “assertive multilateralism”. (Apr 1999)
• Korea: ease starvation, but avoid war during death throes. (Apr 1999)
• Cuba: No diplomatic and trade relations. (Jul 1998)
China
• Support the One-China policy, don’t weaken it. (Mar 2000)
• $1M political donations by Chinese Army should not be legal. (Jan 2000)
• China: Advocate for political reforms, and guard Taiwan. (Jun 1999)
• Inaction on spying led to Chinese nuclear improvement. (May 1999)
• Engage with China as they become a great power. (Apr 1999)
Voting Record
• Pay dues to UN after UN reforms. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons. (Sep 2000)
• Voted YES on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on limiting the President's power to impose economic sanctions. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech. (Apr 1998)
• Voted YES on $17.9 billion to IMF. (Mar 1998)
• Voted YES on Strengthening of the trade embargo against Cuba. (Mar 1996)
• Voted YES on ending Vietnam embargo. (Jan 1994)
• Sponsored bill suspending Russia's participation in the G-8. (Feb 2005)
• Libyan disarmament was a CIA success story. (Mar 2005)
• Impose sanctions and an import ban on Burma. (Oct 2007)
• Urge Venezuela to re-open dissident radio & TV stations. (May 2007)
• Call for Burma's junta to release political prisoners. (Jun 2007)
• Let Ukraine & Georgia enter NATO. (Jan 2008)
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