Statements about Foreign Policy
"The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria."
"Republicans actually doctored emails between administration officials about Benghazi. Then, they released them to the press, trying to pass them off as real."
Says that since he took office, "there have been no large-scale attacks on the United States."
Says Hillary Clinton "was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables."
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."
Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.
Says Chuck Hagel has called for "an end to our nuclear program."
Says Chuck Hagel "opposed sanctions against Iran."
"While President Obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear Iran, Hagel says military action is not a viable, feasible, responsible option."
"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
Says Romney said "we should ask Pakistan for permission" to take a shot at Osama bin Laden.
Says Barack Obama was silent on Iran "when the students took to the streets in Tehran and the people there protested, (and) the Green Revolution occurred."
"Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they’re rushing to build a lot more. They’ll have more than Great Britain sometime in the relatively near future."
"Latin America’s economy is almost as big as the economy of China."
"A few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia."
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