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honest.abe

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24. From wikipedia..
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:39 PM
Feb 2019
Foreign policy

In April 2017, responding to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack, Harris charged Syrian president Bashar al-Assad with attacking Syrian children, and stated "the clear fact that president Assad is not only a ruthless dictator brutalizing his own people -- he is a war criminal the international community cannot ignore." She called on president Trump to work with Congress on his administration's "lack of clear objectives in Syria and articulate a detailed strategy and path forward in partnership with our allies."[188]

Harris speaks with Palestinian students at the Al-Quds University in the State of Palestine, West Bank, November 12, 2017
In 2017, Harris gave a public address to AIPAC attendees. She said: "I believe Israel should never be a partisan issue, and as long as I’m a United States senator, I will do everything in my power to ensure broad and bipartisan support for Israel’s security and right to self-defense."[189] She has opposed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel.[190] Harris was a co-sponsor of a Senate resolution expressing objection to the UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories as a violation of international law.[191][192][190] At the AIPAC conference, Harris said that "the first resolution I co-sponsored as a United States senator was to combat anti-Israel bias at the United Nations".[191] She also supported Senate resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.[193][194] In late 2017, Harris traveled to Israel, where she met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[191]

In October 2017, Harris condemned the genocide of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and called for a stronger response to the crisis.[195]

In February 2018, Harris was one of 18 Democratic senators to sign a letter to Trump stating that he lacked the authority to launch a preemptive strike against North Korea without authorization from Congress. The letter stated: "Without congressional authority, a preventative or preemptive U.S. military strike would lack either a constitutional basis or legal authority."[196]

In 2018, after Trump announced the United States was withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Harris released a statement saying the decision "jeopardizes our national security and isolates us from our closest allies" while calling the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action "the best existing tool we have to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and avoid a disastrous military conflict in the Middle East."[197] In late 2018, she voted to withdraw U.S. military aid for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. Harris also backed a resolution blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.[198]

Harris supported the Iran nuclear deal to prevent Iran from acquiring weapons of mass destruction.[190] In December 2018, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the Trump administration was suspending its obligations in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 60 days in the event that Russia continued to violate the treaty, Harris was one of 26 senators to sign a letter expressing concern over the administration "now abandoning generations of bipartisan U.S. leadership around the paired goals of reducing the global role and number of nuclear weapons and ensuring strategic stability with America's nuclear-armed adversaries" and calling on Trump to continue arms negotiations.[199]

Harris voted in favor of a $675 billion defense budget bill for the 2019.[200] Harris said that North Korea is "one of the most serious security threats".[201] In February 2019, after former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe claimed that President Trump believed the claims of President of Russia Vladimir Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies' reports on the subject of North Korea’s missile capabilities, Harris told reporters, "The idea that the president of the U.S. would take the word of the head of Russia over the intel community is the height of irresponsibility and shameful."[202]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris#Foreign_policy
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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I think it'll come down to her and Biden, to be honest. bearsfootball516 Feb 2019 #1
Biden/Harris might be your ticket exboyfil Feb 2019 #3
How about Harris/Biden? honest.abe Feb 2019 #6
That would be amazing exboyfil Feb 2019 #8
Indeed. honest.abe Feb 2019 #9
Biden won't take the Number 2 slot again.. whathehell Feb 2019 #14
Yeah, you are probably correct.. honest.abe Feb 2019 #16
To be honest.. whathehell Feb 2019 #17
Give it time. Its amazing how quickly she has become the "front runner". honest.abe Feb 2019 #18
She started first and had a good rollout marylandblue Feb 2019 #21
Yeah, her campaign so far has been near flawless. honest.abe Feb 2019 #22
She's got one quality that's really going to help, things don't stick to her. bearsfootball516 Feb 2019 #49
It's still very early days.. whathehell Feb 2019 #31
Then why are you supporting Warren? honest.abe Feb 2019 #32
I support her because I believe in her.. whathehell Feb 2019 #36
If you are so concerned about whammies why even risk one whammy?? honest.abe Feb 2019 #38
As Barack Obama showed, whathehell Feb 2019 #40
Ok.. we will leave it at that. honest.abe Feb 2019 #41
That sounds good. whathehell Feb 2019 #42
It is VERY Early! McKim Feb 2019 #63
Yes it is.. whathehell Feb 2019 #64
Yeah, no way! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #26
I like that combo.. whathehell Feb 2019 #27
Never too old when it comes to those two... they have more energy than some half their age!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #30
Well, I agree with you, whathehell Feb 2019 #34
That's ok, we got AOC waitin in the wings after Bernie & Elizabeth put our country on the right path InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #37
Are you saying... WordsMatter Feb 2019 #54
I think it will be one of Harris, Biden, or Sanders. DanTex Feb 2019 #4
Sanders is done for on Super Tuesday, if not sooner, just like last time. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #11
I think so to. I think Sanders and Warren will have a very difficult time capturing the South, and still_one Feb 2019 #33
As long as DownriverDem Feb 2019 #62
Not my first choice but exboyfil Feb 2019 #2
Yeah, I wish we could pair her with Franken. I miss him. DanTex Feb 2019 #5
Yep, that's my thinking as well. honest.abe Feb 2019 #7
There has't been a primary ...way too early. I must say the post yesterday Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #10
It would be nice if she would publish her policies and issues web pages... WordsMatter Feb 2019 #12
You'd think that would be useful information in a campaign. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #28
For instance, WordsMatter Feb 2019 #45
Here is a partial list ehrnst Feb 2019 #46
Thanks for this...Still wanting Senator Harris and all others to put issues and positions on website WordsMatter Feb 2019 #47
I like her demeanor. She's very respectful of others. Her smile is warm and sincere... NurseJackie Feb 2019 #13
She reminds me of Obama spinbaby Feb 2019 #15
Biden/Harris, or Biden/Booker is a much stronger ticket to win in the EC in my estimation. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #19
if she can overcome racism and misogyny... Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #20
Does she have foreign policy experience? Renew Deal Feb 2019 #23
From wikipedia.. honest.abe Feb 2019 #24
Here's a flaw... brooklynite Feb 2019 #25
Just like that? BeyondGeography Feb 2019 #29
Of the main candidates she is the one most likely to lose to tRump Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #35
Not sure why you would say that. honest.abe Feb 2019 #39
There will be a massive turnout on the other side as well Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #50
Our side always wins when there is a big turnout. honest.abe Feb 2019 #51
Two questionable assumptions Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #52
2018 midterm was the highest in history... we won big. honest.abe Feb 2019 #53
Apples and oranges Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #55
Yes, Dems were enthused in 2018 and will likely be even more enthused in 2020... honest.abe Feb 2019 #56
Won't be enthused if we have the same kind of infighting we saw in 2016 Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #58
I would not be confident with Kamala Harris against Trump Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #48
I'm still hopiing for a Harris/Brown ticket. CTyankee Feb 2019 #43
To those so very concerned about the white male vote and Trump's nicknames or other nonsense... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #44
The polls are meaningless at this point however I looked at 538's latest where Biden, Harris, and CentralMass Feb 2019 #57
"The polls are meaningless at this point..." They really are. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #59
Yes, but the pollsters work hard and we all take what we want from the numbers. CentralMass Feb 2019 #60
We don't all do that. I take nothing from them. They're meaningless. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #61
Why isn't this Thread on the Special DU Forum for Candidates McKim Feb 2019 #65
Wut? betsuni Feb 2019 #66
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