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Paul Wolfowitz

2017-08-12T14:22:42Z

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==On WMD's==

"It is a lie to say that president Bush lied. People told the truth as best as we understood it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhBxC0b6aow]

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2017-08-12T14:22:14Z

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== 2016 Presidential Candidates ==
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*[[Hillary Clinton]]
*[[Ted Cruz]]
*[[Marco Rubio]]
*[[John Kasich]]
*[[Bernie Sanders]]
*[[Donald Trump]]
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== Trump Cabinet Members ==
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'''Vice President'''
*[[Mike Pence]]
'''Treasury Secretary'''
*[[Steve Mnuchin]]
'''Health and Human Services Secretary'''
*[[Tom Price]]
'''Education Secretary'''
*[[Betsy DeVos]]
'''Transportation Secretary'''
*[[Elaine L. Chao]]
'''Commerce Secretary'''
*[[Wilbur Ross]]
'''U.N. Ambassador'''
*[[Nikki R. Haley]]
'''Secretary of Housing and Urban Development'''
*[[Ben Carson]]
'''C.I.A. Director'''
*[[Mike Pompeo]]
'''Attorney General'''
*[[Jeff Sessions]]
'''Chief of Staff'''
*[[Reince Priebus]] (1/20/2017 - 7/27/2017)
*[[John Kelly]] (7/31/2017 - Present)
'''Counselor to the President'''
*[[Kellyanne Conway]]
'''Homeland Security Secretary'''
*[[John Kelly]] (1/20/2017 - 7/31/2017)
*[[Elaine Duke]] (7/31/2017)
'''Secretary of State'''
*[[Rex Tillerson]]
'''Interior Secretary'''
*[[Ryan Zinke]]
'''Defense Secretary'''
*[[James Mattis]]
'''Agriculture Secretary'''
*[[Sonny Perdue]]
'''Labor Secretary'''
*[[R. Alexander Acosta]]
'''Energy Secretary'''
*[[Rick Perry]]
'''Secretary of Veterans Affairs'''
*[[David Shulkin]]
'''E.P.A. Secretary'''
*[[Scott Pruitt]]
'''Small Business Secretary'''
*[[Linda McMahon]]
'''Director of the Office of Management and Budget'''
*[[Mick Mulvaney]]
'''Department of National Intelligence'''
*[[Dan Coats]]
'''U.S. Trade Representative'''
*[[Robert Lighthizer]]
'''Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers'''
*[[Kevin Hassett]]
'''Senior Advisor'''
*[[Jared Kushner]]
'''Press Secretary'''
*[[Michael Dubke]] (3/6/2017 - 6/2/2017)
*[[Sean Spicer]] (1/20/2017 - 3/6/2017) , (6/2/2017 - 7/21/2017)
*[[Anthony Scaramucci]] (7/21/2017 - 7/31/2017)
'''FBI Director'''
*[[James Comey]]
'''Special Counsel for Department of Justice'''
*[[Robert Mueller]]

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== Spooks ==
*[[James Clapper]]

== Obama Administration ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:1">
* [[John Kerry]]
* [[Barack Obama]]
* [[Joe Biden]]
* [[Anne-Marie Slaughter]]
* [[Ash Carter]]

</div>

==U.S. Congress==

* [[Senators]]

*[[House of Representatives]]

==Legislative Voting Records==

*[[Senate]]

*[[House]]

== Non-U.S. Political Figures ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:1">

'''Prime Minister of Israel'''
*[[Benjamin Netanyahu]]
'''Former Prime Minister of England'''
*[[David Cameron]]
'''First Minister of Scotland'''
*[[Nicola Sturgeon]]
'''Prime Minister of Germany'''
*[[Angela Merkel]]
'''Prime Minister of India'''
*[[Narendra Modi]]
'''President of Russia'''
*[[Vladimir Putin]]
'''Pope of Roman Catholic Church'''
*[[Pope Francis]]
'''Prime Minister of Japan'''
*[[Shinzo Abe]]
'''President of China'''
*[[Xi Jinping]]
'''Supreme Leader of North Korea'''
*[[Kim Jong-un]]
'''Prime Minister of England'''
*[[Theresa May]]
'''Labour Party Leader of England'''
*[[Jeremy Corbyn]]
</div>

== 2016 Presidential Candidates' Net Worth ==
*[[Candidates Ranked by their Net Worth]]

== Political Organizations' Ratings of 2016 Presidential Candidates ==
*[[Scorecards for Candidates by Political Organizations]]

== Media Figures ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4">
*[[Bob Arnot]]

*[[Fred Barnes]]
*[[Michael Barone]]
*[[Jeff Birnbaum]]
*[[Max Boot]]

*[[David Carr]]
*[[Joie Chen]]
*[[Juan Cole]]
*[[Alan Colmes]]
*[[Ceci Connolly]]
*[[Ann Coulter]]

*[[Lou Dobbs]]

*[[Bob Edwards]]
*[[Kurt Eichenwald]]

*[[Howard Fineman]]
*[[Max Fisher]]
*[[Fred Francis]]
*[[Thomas Friedman]]

*[[Gwen Ifill]]

*[[Michael Grunwald]]

*[[Shadi Hamid]]
*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[Christopher Hitchens]]
*[[Brit Hume]]

*[[Ezra Klein]]
*[[Morton Kondracke]]
*[[Charles Krauthammer]]
*[[William Kristol]]

*[[Bernard Lewis]]

*[[Chris Matthews]]
*[[Piers Morgan]]
*[[Dick Morris]]

*[[Bill O'Reilly]]

*[[Ken Pollack]]

*[[Corey Robin]]

*[[William Safire]]
*[[Joe Scarborough]]
*[[Tony Snow]]
*[[Ben Stein]]

*[[Cal Thomas]]
*[[Evan Thomas]]

*[[Judy Woodruff]]
*[[Fareed Zakaria]]
*[[George Will]]
</div>

== Political Groupings ==
*[[Neo-Cons]]
*[[Libertarians]]
*[[Rightwingers]]
*[[Liberals]]

== Political Influencers ==
*[[Sheldon Adelson]]
*[[Madeline Albright]]
*[[Sandy Berger]]
*[[Jeff Bezos]]
*[[Michael Bloomberg]]
*[[Donna Brazile]]
*[[Warren Buffet]]
*[[Jack Conway]]
*[[Tim Cook]]
*[[Howard Dean]]
*[[Bill Gates]]
*[[Newt Gingrich]]
*[[Al Gore]]
*[[John Kerry]]
*[[David Koch]]
*[[Charles Koch]]
*[[Joe Lieberman]]
*[[Rupert Murdoch]]
*[[Robert E. Murray]]
*[[Elon Musk]]
*[[George Soros]]
*[[Paul Wolfowitz]]
*[[Mark Zuckerberg]]

== Myths ==
*[[Iraq Had WMDs]]
*[[Torture Doesn't Work]]
*[[We Won in 2003]]
*[[U.S. Government's "Delicate Balance" During Arab Spring]]
*[[Torture Provides Useful Intelligence]]
*[[Climate Change is a Hoax]]

== Timelines ==
*[[Iraq Sanctions]]
*[[Iraq War]]

==Crucial Votes ==
*[[Authorization for Use of Military Force in Iraq]]
*[[Presidential Fast Track Authority]]
*[[2008 Bank Bailout]]

== Groups ==
* [[MEMRI]]

== Articles ==

* [[Dean Baker]]
* [[Transportation Security Administration (TSA)]]

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Jeanne Shaheen (D)

2017-08-12T14:21:20Z

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==On WMD's==

"I have supported the president and his efforts to disarm Saddam Hussein. I think Iraq poses a threat to the region, he poses a threat abroad and here at home. The fact is, Saddam Hussein over the last 11 years has refused to obey 16 U.N. resolutions." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8_Mx4bqxhE]

"I think we need to take a very strong stand on Iraq. Saddam Hussein represents a danger to our interests in the Middle East, he represents a danger to us, and we need to disarm him." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXebJnTrBS8]

Jeff Sessions

2017-08-12T14:19:34Z

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== Experience ==

Trump Attorney General Nominee

Senator for Alabama

==Net Worth==

$6 Million

== Sources ==
[http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html]

[http://members-of-congress.insidegov.com/l/362/Mike-Pompeo/]

==On WMD's==

"Being successful in Iraq is critical to our national interests, our foreign policy. It's critical to our allies in the region. It's critical to the people of Iraq. But, mainly, it's critical to our own legitimate national interests. And we are going to have to go through, for years to come, a tough battle between these terrorists who will attack our homeland, attack our bases around the world, attack our soldiers.And we have got to continue to stay firm. I wish it weren't so. I wish we could avoid this problem. But there's no way it's going to happen. And there's nothing this nation can do but to stay strong and resolute. And we will prevail, if we do." [http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2006/06/21/sen-jeff-sessions-staying-course-iraq.html]

Pete Sessions (R)

2017-08-12T14:18:20Z

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==On WMD's==

"The Iraqis have indicated through their administration through the constant threat against the United States that they intend to harm the United States and it's interests around the globe."[https://www.c-span.org/video/?173083-2/house-session]

Charles Schumer (D)

2017-08-12T14:17:29Z

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==On WMD's==

"Saddam Hussein is an evil man, a dictator who oppresses his people and flouts the mandate of the international community. While this behavior is reprehensible, it is Hussein's vigorous pursuit of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons and his present and future potential support for terrorist actions and organizations that make him a danger to the people." [https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4533068/schumer-iraq-war]

Question: "Based on what you now know today (2005), do you regret having voted for the war?"

Schumer: "Well, no, Tim, because my vote was seen and I still see it as a need to say we must fight a strong and active war on terror." [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2005/10/24/159100/-Chuck-Schumer-s-John-Kerry-moment]

Mike Pence

2017-08-12T14:16:18Z

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==On WMD's==

"When and not if, but when Saddam creates and uses nuclear weapons. What will we tell the American people then? Will we tell them that we did not realize that Saddam had not finished his war against America?" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fsumVRijWQ&feature=youtu.be]

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== Resources ==
* [[Daily Lists]]
* [[Databases]]
* [[Media]] -- esp live feeds
* [[Wikis and Profile Pages]] -- other websites w info on politicos and pundits
* [[Graphics]] -- graphical resources, some our own, some from other resources
* [http://cse.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=010905050350196580512:bs-mb_rcubc Search] -- a search engine that displays results from counterpunch.org, commondreams.org, accuracy.org, and consortiumnews.com
* [https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2017/7-august-artillery-shelling-targets-the-city-of-anadan-from Live Airstrike Map] -- Up to the minute map of airstrikes, protests, military operations, and political activity occurring around the world based on aggregated twitter posts.

== 2016 Presidential Candidates ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:1">
*[[Hillary Clinton]]
*[[Ted Cruz]]
*[[Marco Rubio]]
*[[John Kasich]]
*[[Bernie Sanders]]
*[[Donald Trump]]
</div>

== Trump Cabinet Members ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
'''Vice President'''
*[[Mike Pence]]
'''Treasury Secretary'''
*[[Steve Mnuchin]]
'''Health and Human Services Secretary'''
*[[Tom Price]]
'''Education Secretary'''
*[[Betsy DeVos]]
'''Transportation Secretary'''
*[[Elaine L. Chao]]
'''Commerce Secretary'''
*[[Wilbur Ross]]
'''U.N. Ambassador'''
*[[Nikki R. Haley]]
'''Secretary of Housing and Urban Development'''
*[[Ben Carson]]
'''C.I.A. Director'''
*[[Mike Pompeo]]
'''Attorney General'''
*[[Jeff Sessions]]
'''Chief of Staff'''
*[[Reince Priebus]] (1/20/2017 - 7/27/2017)
*[[John Kelly]] (7/31/2017 - Present)
'''Counselor to the President'''
*[[Kellyanne Conway]]
'''Homeland Security Secretary'''
*[[John Kelly]] (1/20/2017 - 7/31/2017)
*[[Elaine Duke]] (7/31/2017)
'''Secretary of State'''
*[[Rex Tillerson]]
'''Interior Secretary'''
*[[Ryan Zinke]]
'''Defense Secretary'''
*[[James Mattis]]
'''Agriculture Secretary'''
*[[Sonny Perdue]]
'''Labor Secretary'''
*[[R. Alexander Acosta]]
'''Energy Secretary'''
*[[Rick Perry]]
'''Secretary of Veterans Affairs'''
*[[David Shulkin]]
'''E.P.A. Secretary'''
*[[Scott Pruitt]]
'''Small Business Secretary'''
*[[Linda McMahon]]
'''Director of the Office of Management and Budget'''
*[[Mick Mulvaney]]
'''Department of National Intelligence'''
*[[Dan Coats]]
'''U.S. Trade Representative'''
*[[Robert Lighthizer]]
'''Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers'''
*[[Kevin Hassett]]
'''Senior Advisor'''
*[[Jared Kushner]]
'''Press Secretary'''
*[[Michael Dubke]] (3/6/2017 - 6/2/2017)
*[[Sean Spicer]] (1/20/2017 - 3/6/2017) , (6/2/2017 - 7/21/2017)
*[[Anthony Scaramucci]] (7/21/2017 - 7/31/2017)
'''FBI Director'''
*[[James Comey]]
'''Special Counsel for Department of Justice'''
*[[Robert Mueller]]

</div>

== Spooks ==
*[[James Clapper]]

== Obama Administration ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:1">
* [[John Kerry]]
* [[Barack Obama]]
* [[Joe Biden]]
* [[Anne-Marie Slaughter]]
* [[Ash Carter]]

</div>

==U.S. Congress==

* [[Senators]]

*[[House of Representatives]]

==Legislative Voting Records==

*[[Senate]]

*[[House]]

== Non-U.S. Political Figures ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:1">

'''Prime Minister of Israel'''
*[[Benjamin Netanyahu]]
'''Former Prime Minister of England'''
*[[David Cameron]]
'''First Minister of Scotland'''
*[[Nicola Sturgeon]]
'''Prime Minister of Germany'''
*[[Angela Merkel]]
'''Prime Minister of India'''
*[[Narendra Modi]]
'''President of Russia'''
*[[Vladimir Putin]]
'''Pope of Roman Catholic Church'''
*[[Pope Francis]]
'''Prime Minister of Japan'''
*[[Shinzo Abe]]
'''President of China'''
*[[Xi Jinping]]
'''Supreme Leader of North Korea'''
*[[Kim Jong-un]]
'''Prime Minister of England'''
*[[Theresa May]]
'''Labour Party Leader of England'''
*[[Jeremy Corbyn]]
</div>

== 2016 Presidential Candidates' Net Worth ==
*[[Candidates Ranked by their Net Worth]]

== Political Organizations' Ratings of 2016 Presidential Candidates ==
*[[Scorecards for Candidates by Political Organizations]]

== Media Figures ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4">
*[[Bob Arnot]]

*[[Fred Barnes]]
*[[Michael Barone]]
*[[Jeff Birnbaum]]
*[[Max Boot]]

*[[David Carr]]
*[[Joie Chen]]
*[[Juan Cole]]
*[[Alan Colmes]]
*[[Ceci Connolly]]
*[[Ann Coulter]]

*[[Lou Dobbs]]

*[[Bob Edwards]]
*[[Kurt Eichenwald]]

*[[Howard Fineman]]
*[[Max Fisher]]
*[[Fred Francis]]
*[[Thomas Friedman]]

*[[Gwen Ifill]]

*[[Michael Grunwald]]

*[[Shadi Hamid]]
*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[Christopher Hitchens]]
*[[Brit Hume]]

*[[Ezra Klein]]
*[[Morton Kondracke]]
*[[Charles Krauthammer]]
*[[William Kristol]]

*[[Bernard Lewis]]

*[[Chris Matthews]]
*[[Piers Morgan]]
*[[Dick Morris]]

*[[Bill O'Reilly]]

*[[Ken Pollack]]

*[[Corey Robin]]

*[[William Safire]]
*[[Joe Scarborough]]
*[[Tony Snow]]
*[[Ben Stein]]

*[[Cal Thomas]]
*[[Evan Thomas]]

*[[Judy Woodruff]]
*[[Fareed Zakaria]]
*[[George Will]]
</div>

== Political Groupings ==
*[[Neo-Cons]]
*[[Libertarians]]
*[[Rightwingers]]
*[[Liberals]]

== Political Influencers ==
*[[Sheldon Adelson]]
*[[Madeline Albright]]
*[[Sandy Berger]]
*[[Jeff Bezos]]
*[[Michael Bloomberg]]
*[[Donna Brazile]]
*[[Warren Buffet]]
*[[Jack Conway]]
*[[Tim Cook]]
*[[Howard Dean]]
*[[Bill Gates]]
*[[Newt Gingrich]]
*[[Al Gore]]
*[[John Kerry]]
*[[David Koch]]
*[[Charles Koch]]
*[[Joe Lieberman]]
*[[Rupert Murdoch]]
*[[Robert E. Murray]]
*[[Elon Musk]]
*[[George Soros]]
*[[Mark Zuckerberg]]

== Myths ==
*[[Iraq Had WMDs]]
*[[Torture Doesn't Work]]
*[[We Won in 2003]]
*[[U.S. Government's "Delicate Balance" During Arab Spring]]
*[[Torture Provides Useful Intelligence]]
*[[Climate Change is a Hoax]]

== Timelines ==
*[[Iraq Sanctions]]
*[[Iraq War]]

==Crucial Votes ==
*[[Authorization for Use of Military Force in Iraq]]
*[[Presidential Fast Track Authority]]
*[[2008 Bank Bailout]]

== Groups ==
* [[MEMRI]]

== Articles ==

* [[Dean Baker]]
* [[Transportation Security Administration (TSA)]]

== Some thoughts on starting new ==

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--[[User:M|M]] 07:52, 20 November 2010 (PST)

John Kerry

2017-08-12T14:14:06Z

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[[File:https://www.state.gov/img/13/52384/Kerry_head_shot_404_1.jpg|thumb|John Kerry official Secretary of State portrait]]

==On the Iraq War==
[[Iraq Had WMDs]]

"Why is Saddam Hussein attempting to develop nuclear weapons when most nations don’t even try? ... According to intelligence, Iraq has chemical and biological weapons ... Iraq is developing unmanned aerial vehicles capable of delivering chemical and biological warfare agents ...”

"When I vote to give the President of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a threat, and a grave threat, to our security and that of our allies in the Persian Gulf region. I will vote yes because I believe it is the best way to hold Saddam Hussein accountable."(10/9/2002, Congressional Record, V. 148, Pt. 14, October 2, 2002 to October 9, 2002, P. 19701) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ja96v7i_4hAC&pg=PA19701&lpg=PA19701&dq=Why+is+Saddam+Hussein+attempting+to+develop+nuclear+weapons+when+most+nations+don%E2%80%99t+even+try?&source=bl&ots=vpjY0XVweC&sig=M2fZMiKIFI9FXijLm8Ix6U34ih8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U4XjT9exK9Lr0QHP88H0Aw&ved=0CGIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Why%20is%20Saddam%20Hussein%20attempting%20to%20develop%20nuclear%20weapons%20when%20most%20nations%20don%E2%80%99t%20even%20try%3F&f=false]

"The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last 4 years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. ...According to intelligence, Iraq has chemical and biological weapons as well as missiles with ranges in excess of the 150 kilometer restriction imposed by the United Nations in the ceasefire resolution."(10/9/2002, Iraq Speech in Congress Iraq War Vote) [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240102/posts]

"I didn’t vote for the Iraq war. I voted to give the president authority that he misused and abused. And from the moment he used it, I opposed that.’" (2011) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUgKry8Q8v8]]

However, in 2003, Kerry was quoted as saying "I fear that in the run-up to the 2004 election the administration is considering what is tantamount to a cut-and-run strategy." [[http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/09/kerry.iraq/]]

In 2013, Kerry claimed that he and then Senator Chuch Hagel "opposed the President's decision to go into Iraq," even though both voted to give Bush authorization to use force in the country. "You know, "Senator Chuck Hagel, when he was senator, Senator Chuck Hagel, now secretary of defense, and when I was a senator, we opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq, but we know full well how that evidence was used to persuade all of us that authority ought to be given." [[http://www.factcheck.org/2013/09/kerry-spins-his-record-on-iraq/]]

While Kerry expressed qualms in the early days of the war about the lack of diplomatic effort put forth by the Bush Administration, he believed the claim that Iraq had WMD's and thought Saddam Hussein should be overthrown. A CNN article from 2004 states: "Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said Monday he would not have changed his vote to authorize the war against Iraq, but said he would have handled things "very differently" from President Bush." [[http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/09/kerry.iraq/]]

He also stated in a 2003 interview "I would have preferred if we had given diplomacy a greater opportunity, but I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein, and when the president made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him." [[http://www.factcheck.org/2013/09/kerry-spins-his-record-on-iraq/]]

"When he was a senator, Chuck Hagel, and when I was a senator, we opposed the president's decision to go into Iraq but we know full well how that evidence was used to persuade all of us that authority ought to be given." [https://youtu.be/TFyrbmnGOlM]

== Vote on authorization of force in Iraq ==
Kerry voted yes on the authorization of the use of force in Iraq. [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/who-voted-to-authorize-fo_b_85652.html]]

Joe Lieberman

2017-08-12T14:13:04Z

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==On WMD's==

"Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States." [9/4/2002) [https://www.counterpunch.org/2003/05/29/weapons-of-mass-destruction-who-said-what-when/]

Al Gore

2017-08-12T14:11:01Z

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==On Iraq War==

"There should be no doubt Saddam's ability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction poses a grave threat to the peace of that region and the security of the world." (02/17/98) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFBl0fnMUVc]

Jack Conway

2017-08-12T14:07:13Z

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==On Iraq War==

"I support the president on Iraq. I support our commander-in-chief in the area of foreign affairs. I am glad we went through this process. President Bush went to the congress. He asked for authorization to continue the war on terror by going into Iraq. I am glad we had the process with congress. I am glad that congress asked him to work with our strategic international partners. He asked them to work with the U.N. I think we should go to the U.N. and get as many partners as we can. Hopefully the entire security council and then move forward against Saddam Hussein. You have to reach across the aisle in situations like this and I would have been among the 40% of democrats who voted for the resolution in Iraq. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-13-7Aj2ks]

Jack Conway

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"I support the president on Iraq. I support our commander-in-chief in the area of foreign affairs. I am glad we went through this process. President Bush went to the congress. He asked for authorization to continue the war on terror by going into Iraq. I am glad we had the process with congress. I am glad that congress asked him to work with our strategic international partners. He asked them to work with the U.N. I think we should go to the U.N. and get as many partners as we can. Hopefully the entire security council and then move forward against Saddam Hussein. You have to reach across the aisle in situations like this and I would have been among the 40% of democrats who voted for the resolution in Iraq. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-13-7Aj2ks]

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Hillary Clinton

2017-08-12T14:05:14Z

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==On the Iraq War==
[[Iraq Had WMDs]]

Voted for the 2002 authorization for the Iraq war. In her 2002 floor speech, she stated that “intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al-Qaeda members” (Oct. 10, 2002) [http://web.archive.org/web/20081218155448/http://clinton.senate.gov/speeches/iraq_101002.html] [http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Joe_Biden_War_+_Peace.htm#Iraq_War]

"It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well, effects American security." Floor of the Senate 2002. [[http://www.freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes.html]]

"This is a very difficult vote, this is probably the hardest decision I've ever had to make. Any vote that might lead to war should be hard, but I cast it with conviction." Floor of the Senate 2002. [[http://www.freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes.html]]

"No, I don't regret giving the president authority because at the time it was in the context of weapons of mass destruction, grave threats to the United States, and clearly, Saddam Hussein had been a real problem for the international community for more than a decade.... The consensus was the same, from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration. It was the same intelligence belief that our allies and friends around the world shared. (April, 2004) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Hillary_Rodham_Clinton#Iraq_War]]

“We bombed them for days in 1998 because Saddam Hussein threw out inspectors.” Jan. 31, 2008. [[http://www.juancole.com/2008/02/iraq-in-democratic-debate.html]]

“There is a very easy way to prevent anyone from being put into harm’s way and that is for Saddam Hussein to disarm and I have absolutely no belief that he will...“The very difficult question for all of us is how does one bring about the disarmament of someone with such a proven track record of a commitment, if not an obsession, with weapons of mass destruction?” Speaking to CODEPINK in 2003. [[http://fpif.org/when-hillary-clinton-pitched-the-iraq-war-to-codepink/]]

"It is clear that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East which we know all too well effects American security." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0]

== Key Votes ==
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/who-voted-to-authorize-fo_b_85652.html Authorization of the use of force in Iraq]: Yes.

[http://educate-yourself.org/cn/patriotact20012006senatevote.shtml The Patriot Act in 2001]: Yes.

[http://educate-yourself.org/cn/patriotact20012006senatevote.shtml The renewal of the Patriot Act in 2006]: Yes

== On Iran ==
In comments from 2007, Clinton promised to obliterate Iran if it attacked Israel.
"If Iran were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel what would our response be? I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran. That's what we will do. There is no safe haven. Whatever stage of development they might be in their nuclear weapons program [the one the UN and all 16 US intelligence agencies say doesn't exist and is not planned] in the next 10 years during which they may foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them." [[http://www.whateverittakeshillary.org/2014/06/aggression-unprovoked-attack-invasion.html]]

"I so hope we are able to get a deal next week that puts the lid on Iran’s nuclear weapons program,” she said. “Even if we do get such a deal, we will still have major problems from Iran. They are the world’s chief sponsor of terrorism. They use proxies like Hezbollah to sow discord and create insurgencies to destabilize governments. They are taking more and more control of a number of nations in the region, and they pose an existential threat to Israel." [[http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/hillary-clinton-i-take-a-backseat-to-no-one-on-liberal-record-119723.html]]

Clinton's statements above are a lie concering the nature of the Iranian Nuclear program:

'''Fact''': US and Israeli intelligence both say Iran’s nuclear program has no military component. No evidence whatever suggests Tehran wants one. Plenty indicates otherwise.[[http://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-clinton-if-im-president-we-will-attack-iran/5460484]]

== On Education ==
“When I think about the really unfortunate argument that’s been going on around Common Core, it’s very painful, because the Common Core started off as a bi-partisan effort — it was actually nonpartisan. It wasn’t politicized, it was to try to come up with a core of learning that we might expect students to achieve across our country, no matter what kind of school district they were in, no matter how poor their family was, that there wouldn’t be two tiers of education,” Clinton said. [[http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/04/23/3650304/can-hillary-clinton-walk-line-common-core/]]

Clinton then contrasts that view with the following quote saying teachers shouldn't be blamed as the problem, which many teachers feel they are under Common Core. "It is just dead wrong to make teachers the scapegoats for all of society’s problems. Where I come from, teachers are the solution. And I strongly believe that unions are part of the solution, too.” [[http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/07/will-hillary-clinton-continue-education-reform.html]]

== On Drones ==
Clinton has defended the Obama administration ratcheting up the use of drone strikes, calling such tactics an effective method of combating Al-Qaeda. "We will always maintain our right to use force against groups such as al Qaeda that have attacked us and still threaten us with imminent attack... In doing so, we will comply with the applicable law, including the laws of war, and go to extraordinary lengths to ensure precision and avoid the loss of innocent life. She added that “dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield by drones.” [[http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/04/10/3644602/hillary-clinton-foreign-policy/]]

However, some experts, including at the United Nations disagree with Clinton's assertion that the United States complies with "applicable law" calling drone strikes may be a violation of international law. [[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/18/drone-strikes-us-violate-law-un]]

== History of flip-flopping ==

'''Providing Driver's Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants:'''
During her 2008 Presidential campaign, Clinton came out against providing undocumented immigrants with driver's liceneses. "As president, I will not support driver’s licenses for undocumented people and will press for comprehensive immigration reform that deals with all of the issues around illegal immigration, including border security and fixing our broken system.”[[http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/clinton-now-against-licenses-for-illegal-immigrants/?_r=1]]

However, in the 2016 Presidential campaign, Clinton has flipped her views on the issue. Her campaign released a statement saying "Hillary supports state policies to provide drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants. This is consistent with her support for the president's executive action." [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/04/16/this-time-hillary-clinton-supports-giving-drivers-licenses-to-undocumented-immigrants/]]

'''Same-Sex Marriage:'''
Clinton has also changed her position on Same-Sex Marriage. As recently as 2014, she stated the issue should be left to the individual states themselves to decide. "Marriage had always been a matter left to the states. And in many of the conversations that I and my colleagues and supporters had, I fully endorse the efforts by activists who work state-by-state." [[http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-gay-marriage-and-immigration-flip-flops-2015-4]]

However, as the Supreme Court considered whether some state's bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, Clinton voiced support for the court deciding the issue rather than states. A Clinton aide said "Hillary Clinton supports marriage equality and hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed that constitutional right." [[http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-gay-marriage-and-immigration-flip-flops-2015-4]]

Clinton was initially opposed to same-sex marriage, stating in 2000 that "Marriage has got historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time and I think a marriage is as a marriage has always been, between a man and a woman." [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/03/18/how-hillary-clinton-evolved-on-gay-marriage/]]

'''Crime:'''
Clinton has switched her views on the issue of crime and incarceration as well. During Bill Clinton's presidency she supported his tough on crime policies and a 1994 law "that among other things, has increased untold numbers of prison sentences (by encouraging states to drastically reduce or eliminate parole and early release." [[http://www.vox.com/2015/4/30/8522259/hillary-record-criminal-justice]] Said Hillary Clinton in 1994, "We need more and tougher prison sentences for repeat offenders," she said in 1994. "We need more prisons to keep violent offenders for as long as it takes to keep them off the streets."[[http://www.vox.com/2015/4/30/8522259/hillary-record-criminal-justice]]

In her 2016 Presidential campaign, Clinton has taken a much different tone on crime and incarceration, saying "We have allowed our criminal justice system to get out of balance, and these recent tragedies should galvanize us to come together as a nation to find our balance again," and calling for an end to "the era of mass incarceration." [[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-baltimore-riots-to-end-the-era-of-mass-incarceration/]]

'''Iraq War:'''
See Iraq war section of page.

'''Ethanol:'''
Clinton has changed her position on Ethanol at convenient political moments. The Daily Beast writes "[I]n 2002, Clinton opposed the mandated use of just two billion gallons of ethanol per year. But a mere five years later, after seeing that she had to go through Iowa — which produces more ethanol than any other state — to return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, she was advocating the use of 18 times that quantity of biofuel. [[http://www.the-american-interest.com/2015/04/16/hillary-embraces-disastrous-biofuel-policy/]]

A 2002 letter written with fellow Democrats states about the ethanol mandate states the measure would add "an astonishing new anti-consumer government mandate — that every US refiner must use an ever-increasing volume of ethanol.” [[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/14/hillary-s-big-iowa-flip-flop.html]] The Daily Beast writes that in all during her time in the Senate, Clinton voted against ethanol 17 times. [[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/14/hillary-s-big-iowa-flip-flop.html]]

But in early 2007, seeking the Democratic nomination for President and a win in the Iowa caucus, Clinton changed her rhetoric on ethanol, a product important to many voters in Iowa. Clinton said the U.S needs to work on "limiting our dependence on foreign oil. And we have a perfect example right here in Iowa about how it can work with all of the ethanol that’s being produced here.”[[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/14/hillary-s-big-iowa-flip-flop.html]]

'''Trade:'''

Clinton has flip-flopped on the issue of free trade, specifically in regard to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, or TPP. in 2012, as Secretary of State, Clinton said "We need to keep upping our game both bilaterally and with partners across the region through agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP. ... This TPP sets the gold standard in trade agreements to open free, transparent, fair trade, the kind of environment that has the rule of law and a level playing field. And when negotiated, this agreement will cover 40 percent of the world's total trade and build in strong protections for workers and the environment."[[http://www.ibtimes.com/hillary-clinton-trade-deal-flip-flop-she-praised-trans-pacific-partnership-now-hedges-1887195]]

However, in 2015, as opposition from the more liberal faction of the Democratic party grew and activists and labor advocated railed against the TPP, Clinton flipped her view on the free trade deal. When pressed for an answer about whether she would vote for the trade package giving President Obama fast track authority to negotiate the trade deal, widely seen as the path for the deal to be finalized, Clinton said "At this point, probably not."[[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/19/clinton-breaks-with-obama-on-trade-despite-supporting-deal-as-secretary-state/]]

Clinton has also flip-flopped on the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, which was championed by Bill Clinton. In 1996 she said of the agreement "I think everybody is in favor of free and fair trade. I think NAFTA is proving its worth." [[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/feb/25/barack-obama/clinton-has-changed-on-nafta/]] Clinton also wrote in a 2003 memoir of NAFTA "Creating a free trade zone in North America — the largest free trade zone in the world — would expand U.S. exports, create jobs and ensure that our economy was reaping the benefits, not the burdens, of globalization. Although unpopular with labor unions, expanding trade opportunities was an important administration goal." [[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/feb/25/barack-obama/clinton-has-changed-on-nafta/]]

However, during a 2007 debate Clinton changed her tune, saying "NAFTA was a mistake to the extent that it did not deliver on what we had hoped it would, and that's why I call for a trade timeout."[[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/feb/25/barack-obama/clinton-has-changed-on-nafta/]]

== On Greece ==
In 2011, Clinton expressed her support for the right-wing austerity measures championed by the Greek government in power in 2011.
"The United States strongly supports the Papandreou government's determination to make the necessary reforms to put Greece back on a sound financial footing and to make Greece more competitive economically...I am not here to in any way downplay the immediate challenges because they are real. But I am here to say that we believe strongly that this[the austerity plan] will give Greece a very strong economy going forward," Clinton said. [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/clinton-greece-hillary-austerity_n_901304.html?ref=tw]]
However, four years later, the Greek debt crisis is worse than ever, which many have blamed on the right wing austerity measures put forward by the 2011 government whose policies Clinton supported.

== Other Quotes ==
Of the execution of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, Clinton cracked a joke, saying "We came, we saw, he died." [[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clinton-on-qaddafi-we-came-we-saw-he-died/]]

== Top Political Donors ==

Hillary Clinton is a candidate for the 2016 Democratic nomination for President. She is the former First Lady of the U.S., a U.S. Senator from New York and U.S. Secretary of State. [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=n00000019 Here is a list] of her top donors over the course of her political career, going back to 1999.

1.Citigroup Inc—$782,327

2. Goldman Sachs—$711,490

3. DLA Piper—$628,030

4. JPMorgan Chase & Co—$620,919

5. EMILY's List—$605,174

6. Morgan Stanley—$543,065

7. Time Warner—$411,296

8. Skadden, Arps et al—$406,640

9. Lehman Brothers—$362,853

10. Cablevision Systems—$336,288

== Interest Group Ratings ==
[http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/55463/hillary-clinton#.VbuqFDBViko Click here to see ratings.]

== Other Wikis ==

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Joe Biden

2017-08-12T14:04:19Z

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==On the Iraq War==
Biden has been referred to as "single most important congressional backer of the Bush administration’s decision to invade" Iraq. A 2008 article in FPIF details how Biden "orchestrated a propaganda show designed to sell the war to skeptical colleagues and the America public by ensuring that dissenting voices would not get a fair hearing" using his role as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080912110435/http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5492]]

"What we have here, I argue, as the rationale for going after Saddam, is that he signed a cease-fire agreement. The condition for his continuing in power was the elimination of his weapons of mass destruction, and the permission to have inspectors in to make sure he had eliminated them. He expelled those inspectors. So he violated the cease-fire; ergo, we have authority--not under a doctrine of preemption. This will not be a preemptive strike, if we go with the rest of the world. It will be an enforcement strike." (10/10/2002, Senate hearing on Authorizing Force in Iraq) [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/transcript/transcript.php?id=152410] [http://middleeast.about.com/od/usmideastpolicy/a/me080823.htm]

“Secretary Powell made a powerful and irrefutable case today before the UN Security Council. The evidence he produced confirms what many of us already know - that Saddam continues to flout the world’s demand that he disarm." (2/5/2003) [http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/jan-mar03releases/2-03%20biden%20reax.htm]

MR. RUSSERT: I want to go back to 2002, because it’s important as to what people were saying then and what the American people were hearing. Here’s Joe Biden about Saddam Hussein: “He’s a long term threat and a short term threat to our national security.” “We have no choice but to eliminate the threat. This is a guy who is an extreme danger to the world.” “He must be dislodged from his weapons or dislodged from power.” You were emphatic about that.

SEN. BIDEN: That’s right, and I was correct about that. He must be, in fact—and remember the weapons we were talking about. I also said on your show, that’s part of what I said, but not all of what I meant. What I also said on your show at the time was that I did not think he had weaponized his material, but he did have. When, when the inspectors left after Saddam kicked them out, there was a cataloguing at the United Nations saying he had X tons of, X amount of, and they listed the various materials he had. The big issue, remember, on this show we talked about, was whether he had weaponized them. Remember you asked me about those flights that were taking place in southern Iraq, where—were they spraying anthrax? And, you know, what would happen? And, you know, so on and so forth. And I pointed out to you that they had not developed that capacity at all. But he did have these stockpiles everywhere.

MR. RUSSERT: Where are they?

SEN. BIDEN: Well, the point is, it turned out they didn’t, but everyone in the world thought he had them. The weapons inspectors said he had them. He catalogued—they catalogued them. This was not some, some Cheney, you know, pipe dream. This was, in fact, catalogued. They looked at them and catalogued. What he did with them, who knows? The real mystery is, if he, if he didn’t have any of them left, why didn’t he say so? Well, a lot of people say if he had said that, he would’ve, you know, emboldened Iran and so on and so forth. ...

MR. RUSSERT: But when you read the national intelligence estimate, which has now been released, there’re a lot of caveats put on the level of intelligence about the aluminum tubes and...

SEN. BIDEN: Absolutely.

MR. RUSSERT: General Zinni, who’s been on this program a few weeks ago, said that when he heard the discussion about the weapons of mass destruction that Saddam had, he said, “I’ve never heard that” in any of the briefings he had as head of the Central Command. How could you as a U.S. senator be so wrong?

SEN. BIDEN: I, I wasn’t wrong. I was on your show when you asked me about aluminum tubes, and I said they’re for artillery. I don’t believe they’re for cascading.

MR. RUSSERT: But you said Saddam was a threat. He had to be...

SEN. BIDEN: He was a threat.

MR. RUSSERT: In what way?

SEN. BIDEN: The threat he presented was that, if Saddam was left unfettered, which I said during that period, for the next five years with sanctions lifted and billions of dollars into his coffers, then I believed he had the ability to acquire a tactical nuclear weapon—not by building it, by purchasing it. ...

MR. RUSSERT: You were asked on this program a few months after the invasion of May of ‘03 about your vote. And you said, “There was sufficient evidence to go into Iraq.” And then in ‘04 you said—a year and a half ago—“I voted to give the president the authority to use force in Iraq. I still believe my vote was just.” Then you went to Iowa in ‘07, running for president and said, “It was a mistake. I regret my vote.”

SEN. BIDEN: That’s unfair. I said that on your program it was a mistake between, and you make it sound like I went to Iowa and all of a sudden I had people out there saying Biden is...

MR. RUSSERT: Well, there was a change in your thinking from, from being...

SEN. BIDEN: No...

(4/29/2007, Meet the Press: Meet the Candidate, Sen. Joe Biden) [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18381961/ns/meet_the_press/t/mtp-transcript-april/#.UG8uOxyIu-E]

"We know he continues to gain access to additional capability, including nuclear capability. (8/4/2002). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne9T0ADfk-U]

"Saddam is dangerous. the world would be a better place without him. The reason he poses a growing danger to the United States and it's allies is that he possesses chemical and biological weapons and is seeking with his two billion dollars a year, which is illegally skimmed from the U.N. fund for food (Oil for Food Program) that he is seeking nuclear weapons. For years now he has prevented the UN inspectors from uncovering those weapons and verifying Iraq's disarmament. He is in violation of the terms he agreed to allowing him to stay in power." (October, 2002) [https://youtu.be/9LsVArjbxT0]

"If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late." (9/4/2002) [https://www.counterpunch.org/2003/05/29/weapons-of-mass-destruction-who-said-what-when/]

== Vote on the authorization of the use of force in Iraq ==
Biden voted yes on the authorization of the use of force in Iraq

==On the Patriot Act==
Biden has taken credit on numerous occasions for writing the Patriot Act. He said: "Almost the same thing that got passed, the Patriot Act, was introduced by me in 1994, and it was the right-wing that defeated it." 2002 [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/surveillance-joe#.cdkqEp2E6]]

Sandy Berger

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==On WMD's==

"He will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and some day, some way, he will use that arsenal again as he has done ten times since 1983. (1998). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7CsH_5UTkw]

Sandy Berger

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==On WMDs==

"He will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and some day, some way, he will use that arsenal again as he has done ten times since 1983. (1998). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7CsH_5UTkw]

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Madeline Albright

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==On War==

"Why do you have to have boots on the ground when you can take care of the terrible things that are happening from the air? I do think that drones have been very effective in terms of getting rid of people that are bound and determined to attack us." [https://www.commondreams.org/news/2013/02/19/madeline-albright-morality-and-war-drones-very-effective]

==On Iraq War==

Question: "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"

Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price—we think the price is worth it." [http://fair.org/extra/we-think-the-price-is-worth-it/]

"For the risk that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face. And it is a threat against which we must and will stand firm." (1998) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7CsH_5UTkw]