Republican Sr Senator; previously Representative (SC-3):
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GWOT
- Destroy radical Islam like Reagan destroyed the Evil Empire. (Sep 2015)
- Israel: stay as long as needed in Gaza to deal with Hamas. (Jul 2014)
- Slow Afghan withdrawal, with 15,000 US troops left behind. (Jan 2013)
Iran
- Ok to hold off Iranian sanctions but only while negotiating. (Jan 2015)
- Support the Syrian rebels against Assad & Iran. (Oct 2013)
- Getting Syria wrong leads to Iranian nukes & war with Israel. (Sep 2013)
- Get involved in Syria to protect against al Qaeda and Iran. (Apr 2013)
Iraq
- 10,000 US troops in Iraq; 10,000 in Syria; plus 90,000 Arabs. (Dec 2015)
- Winning in Iraq is more important than safety. (Dec 2015)
- Returning from Iraq prematurely was a mistake. (Jan 2015)
- U.S. ground troops to fight ISIL in Syria and Iraq. (Oct 2014)
- We should have left 10,000 US troops in Iraq. (Oct 2014)
- More intervention in Iraq avoids an American city in flames. (Aug 2014)
- OK for Iran to help in Iraq, but not to dominate. (Jun 2014)
- We need more troops for long haul, Iraq is like WWII. (Sep 2004)
ISIL
- Form army--90% them, 10% us--to destroy Caliphate. (Dec 2015)
- To destroy ISIL in Libya, take the Caliphate's headquarters. (Dec 2015)
- Declaring war on Islam only helps ISIL. (Dec 2015)
- We are at war and it's a religious war. (Dec 2015)
- American troops should partner with regional army. (Nov 2015)
- If France invokes Article V, NATO should declare war on ISIS. (Nov 2015)
- Need substantial boots on the ground against ISIL. (Nov 2015)
- If we don't destroy ISIL soon, they're coming here. (Sep 2015)
- I have a plan to fight ISIL: ground forces in Syria & Iraq. (Sep 2015)
- Whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat ISIL. (Aug 2015)
- ISIS plans to take Jordan; that throws Mideast into turmoil. (Jun 2014)
- ISIS makes Iraq & Syria the staging area for the next 9/11. (Jun 2014)
Russia
- Russia will back down if US provokes it in deposing Assad. (Nov 2015)
- Arm Ukraine; sanction Russia; more NATO troops to region. (Jul 2014)
- Obama "screams loudly & carries no stick," in Russia & Syria. (Mar 2014)
Syria
- If Syrian war goes on another year, Jordan's king might fall. (Dec 2015)
- There's nobody left in Syria to train; bring in other Arabs. (Dec 2015)
- Don't collaborate with Russia & Iran to keep Assad in power. (Dec 2015)
- Military commitment of regional troops in Syria is necessary. (Nov 2015)
- Regional, not US, army would keep stability in Syria. (Nov 2015)
- Help the Free Syrian Army; but Obama said no. (Sep 2015)
- There's nobody left in Syria to train; need regional army. (Sep 2015)
- Form regional coalition to enforce no-fly zone in Syria. (Jan 2015)
- 2012: Arm the Syrian rebels & fight Assad's air force. (Oct 2014)
- Intervention in Syria to degrade Assad's chemical weapons. (Sep 2013)
- Syria: Assad must go, and small arms won't do it. (Jun 2013)
- Voted NO on redeploying non-essential US troops out of Iraq in 9 months. (Dec 2007)
- Voted YES on designating Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terrorists. (Sep 2007)
- Voted NO 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 NO on investigating contract awards in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Nov 2005)
- Voted NO on requiring on-budget funding for Iraq, not emergency funding. (Apr 2005)
- Voted YES on $86 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Oct 2003)
- Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)
- Voted YES on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo. (May 1999)
- Sponsored prevention, not containment, for Iranian nukes. (May 2012)
- Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection. (Mar 2014)
- Support the completion of the US mission in Iraq. (Feb 2007)
- Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program. (Apr 2009)
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