Award-winning investigative journalist and founder/editor of ConsortiumNews.com, Robert Parry has passed away. His ground-breaking work uncovering Reagan-era dirty wars in Central America and many other illegal and immoral policies conducted by successive administrations and U.S. intelligence agencies, stands as an inspiration to all in journalists working in the public interest.
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Interview with Bill Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, conducted by Scott Harris
While the nation’s weak economy and persistently high unemployment are the number one issues of concern to most Americans, a simmering debate on foreign policy has come more into focus during the final weeks of the election campaign. In recent days, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has attempted to use the killing of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. citizens at the hands of Islamic militants in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11 to question the Obama administration’s overall conduct of foreign policy.
While national security issues have historically been a strong suit for Republican Party presidential candidates among voters, during this election campaign Barack Obama has consistently scored high marks in public opinion polls for his handling of international issues. Obama’s authorization of the Navy Seal team mission that killed Osama bin Laden and his aggressive, but controversial use of drone strikes against al Qaeda leaders in the Middle East and North Africa, have left the usually hawkish GOP with less to criticize. But there are differences between the candidates on issues such as military spending. While Romney advocates an increase in the Pentagon budget of an additional $2.1 trillion over the next ten years, Obama is moving toward a reduction of $478 billion over the next decade, to pre-9/11 levels.
Both Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan have criticized the president’s “leading from behind” strategy and for what they charge are his apologies for U.S. military intervention abroad. On the campaign trail, the GOP candidates take a belligerent stance on future relations with Russia, China, Iran and leftists governments in Latin America. Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with William Hartung, director of the arms and security project at the Center for International Policy. He assesses Romney’s foreign policy positions while looking at some of the critical questions on U.S. international relations absent from the major party presidential debates.
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