Statements about Foreign Policy
Chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the U.S. ranks 17th.
A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials."
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
Obama has "visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."
When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."
A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."
A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."
The Obama administration notified Poland and the Czech Republic about cancellation of major missile-defense facilities "at the last minute in midnight phone calls."
If President Obama signs the Copenhagen climate change treaty, he "will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your prosperity away forever — and neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect would have any power whatsoever to take it back again."
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
"The truth is any oil that would be drilled could be sent to any other country in the world, reducing our use of foreign oil not by one single drop."
On whether he would put a missile shield in Poland.
The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza."
"Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield."
Obama used $20 million in federal money "to emmigrate (sic) Hamas Refugees to the USA."
Obama's "first call (as president) to any head of state was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory."
"There are no similar clips of Newt Gingrich talking about how ineffective President Bush was in trying to control North Korea."
"Fidel (Castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me."
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