06:10 - Monday, Oct. 06, 2008
John McCain on the issues!
today, we look at Sen. McCain and some of the issues. here we have his stance on homeland security, defence spending, torture, vietnam, and voting record!
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* Experience has taught me: the US military must not fail. (Sep 2008)
* Inappropriate to lie to public; tell Americans what we face. (Sep 2008)
* Credit Bush, troops, & luck, for not another 9/11. (Sep 2008)
* Clinton & Bush missed opportunities to get bin Laden. (Sep 2008)
* Bush administration's waterboarding was torture. (Aug 2008)
* Disagrees with Bush often; but credits no attacks since 9/11. (Aug 2008)
* Applying habeas to Guantanamo let 30 terrorists attack US. (Jun 2008)
* GovWatch: Only 13 Gitmo recidivists & none attacked US. (Jun 2008)
* Improve human intelligence to get Osama bin Laden. (Jan 2008)
* Surveillance of overseas communications is ok. (Dec 2007)
* Ok to hold even US citizens as enemy combatants. (Dec 2007)
* Consult lawyers on war decisions; no half-cocked war basis. (Oct 2007)
* Ran the largest squadron in the US Navy. (Oct 2007)
* After 9/11, ask Americans to join military or AmeriCorps. (Oct 2007)
* Let loose smart, tough spies to catch Bin Laden. (Oct 2007)
* His Military Commissions Act ended up denying habeas corpus. (Oct 2007)
* 1973: Spokesperson for Operation Homecoming. (Oct 2007)
* 1977:Appointed as Navy liaison to Congress. (Oct 2007)
* Cited 245 pork projects, or $3.5M waste in defense bill. (Oct 2007)
* I've spent my life leading on national security issues. (Sep 2007)
* Radical Islamic extremism is a hydra-headed challenge. (Aug 2007)
* I support the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war. (Jan 2006)
* We must provide our children a strong, better country. (Aug 2004)
* A lack of complacency shouldn't provoke a lack of confidence. (Aug 2004)
* We don't have as much to fear as we had in the past. (Apr 2004)
* Those who gave their lives deserve to be remembered. (Apr 2004)
* First reaction to Sept 11: "This is war". (May 2002)
* Argued for base closings even in the wake of 9/11. (May 2002)
* Channel fear into productive missions and activities. (May 2002)
* �Rogue state rollback� avoids use of US troops. (Mar 2000)
* Disagrees with Perot: No more POWs in Vietnam. (Feb 2000)
* Accepts gays in military under current policy. (Jan 2000)
* Military�s political leaders need military backgrounds. (Jan 2000)
* Women have proven themselves in combat-no restrictions. (Dec 1999)
* Bombing useless targets in Vietnam destroyed US morale. (Nov 1999)
* Vietnam was a worthy cause despite losing. (Nov 1999)
* Pres. needs experience more than briefing books. (Sep 1999)
* Discard ABM Treaty and develop a missile defense. (Apr 1999)
* Use force, with US control, only for vital interests. (Apr 1999)
Defense Spending
* Make all defense contracts fixed-cost; costs out of control. (Sep 2008)
* Clean up waste in defense acquisition. (May 2007)
* Eliminate defense pork, but increase most other defense. (Nov 2004)
* Terminate C-130, B-2, and Seawolf; use funds to modernize. (Dec 1999)
* Politicians keep unneeded bases open for political purposes. (Dec 1999)
* Keep health care promises to aging veterans. (Nov 1999)
* $6.4B of military spending waste is a disgrace. (Oct 1999)
* Raise military pay to avoid military draft. (Aug 1999)
* Military personnel on food stamps is a national disgrace. (Aug 1999)
* Europeans should spend more on defense, within NATO. (Apr 1999)
Torture
* Hiding torture is wrong, and harms US credibility abroad. (Dec 2007)
* Waterboarding is torture; we're not going to torture people. (Nov 2007)
* Waterboarding is torture; & as A.G., Mukasey will declare it. (Nov 2007)
* Torture supported only by people without military experience. (Sep 2007)
* Torture is ineffective as interrogation & for world opinion. (May 2007)
* Close Guantanamo Bay prison; announce no-torture policy. (Apr 2007)
* Torture has never worked throughout history. (Apr 2007)
Vietnam
* Vietnam generation still haunted by specter of Vietnam. (Oct 2007)
* Casualty of Vietnam was loss of America's faith in herself. (Oct 2007)
* Worked with John Kerry on Vietnam POWs. (Oct 2007)
* Immutable principle of war: luck is unreliable. (Aug 2007)
* Vietnam not wrong, but how it was fought and led was. (Sep 2002)
Voting Record
* Keep �Don�t ask, don�t tell� policy - it works. (Jan 2000)
* Voted NO on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months. (Jul 2007)
* Voted NO on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees. (Sep 2006)
* Voted NO on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods. (Sep 2006)
* Voted YES on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act. (Mar 2006)
* Voted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)
* Voted NO on restricting business with entities linked to terrorism. (Jul 2005)
* Voted NO on restoring $565M for states' and ports' first responders. (Mar 2005)
* Voted NO on adopting the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. (Oct 1999)
* Voted YES on allowing another round of military base closures. (May 1999)
* Voted YES on cutting nuclear weapons below START levels. (May 1999)
* Voted YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP. (Mar 1999)
* Voted YES on military pay raise of 4.8%. (Feb 1999)
* Voted NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training. (Jun 1998)
* Voted NO on favoring 36 vetoed military projects. (Oct 1997)
* Voted YES on banning chemical weapons. (Apr 1997)
* Voted YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty. (Jun 1996)
* Voted NO on 1996 Defense Appropriations. (Sep 1995)
* Federalize aviation security. (Nov 2001)
* Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record. (Dec 2003)
* Sponsored bill giving higher priority to rail security. (Jul 2005)
* Sponsored bill banning torture of terrorists in US custody. (Jul 2005)
* Innovate intelligence-gathering for future hard targets. (Mar 2005)
* Assessments of al Qaida in Afghanistan in 2001 were accurate. (Mar 2005)
* CIA needs more focus on counterterrorism. (Mar 2005)
* So-called Legal Issues are myths; not real CIA hindrances. (Mar 2005)
* Intelligence community shares information poorly. (Mar 2005)
* CIA should work more with scientists to understand WMDs. (Mar 2005)
* Sponsored bill for Iraq budget to be part of defense budget. (Jun 2006)
* Improve educational assistance for veterans. (Apr 2008)
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