Bernie Sanders
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Foreign Policy
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September 3, 2019: Video: Watch Bernie Sanders speaks on nuclear weapons.
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December 13, 2018: Sanders Wrote and passed a bipartisan bill called "To Direct the Removal of United States Armed Forces from Hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been Authorized by Congress" It passed both branches, and had to be vetoed by the orange monster in office.
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September 18, 2017: Bernie Sanders was one of only EIGHT who voted no on a bill called the National Defense Authorization Act, giving $37 billion MORE than what trump had originally requested, totaling $640 BILLION on the defense budget. Why are we adding to the already inflated military budget? Why are we giving trump MORE than what he asked for? Why did so many "democrats" vote yes on this bill?
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October 10, 2002: Bernie Sanders has strongly opposed the invasion of Iraq. He voted against the Iraq war and warned at the time that an invasion could “result in anti-Americanism, instability and more terrorism.” and “I am concerned about the problems of so-called unintended consequences. Who will govern Iraq when Saddam Hussein is removed and what role will the U.S. play in ensuing a civil war that could develop in that country? Will moderate governments in the region who have large Islamic fundamentalist populations be overthrown and replaced by extremists? Will the bloody conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority be exacerbated? And these are just a few of the questions that remain unanswered.” See below for the video statement he made on the floor of the House of Representatives on October 9, 2002.
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January 12, 1991: Sanders voted against authorizing US military force in Iraq. As a congressperson, Bernie Sanders spoke out in unequivocal opposition to the 1991 resolution authorizing the first Gulf War. “I have a real fear that the region is not going to be more peaceful or more stable after the war,” he said at the time.
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Bernie Sanders has been anti-war his entire career. He has opposed all the recent U.S. wars of aggression and has said the U.S. should take military intervention “off the table” in Venezuela and Iran. Instead, Sanders emphasizes diplomacy and the need to root out the underlying causes of international conflict.
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Bernie has broken ranks with upwards of 80 percent of his Democratic colleagues by consistently voting against Trump’s increases in Pentagon spending. Sanders, in his book Where We Go from Here, asks the question, “Do we really have to spend more on the military than the next 10 nations combined — most of which are our allies?”
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Bernie Sanders On Foreign Policy
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Bernie Sanders Leads Trump, All 2020 Candidates In Donations From Active-Duty Troops
Rolling Stone - January 31, 2020
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Bernie Sanders Told Ninth Graders The U.S. Committed Acts In Vietnam ‘Almost As Bad As What Hitler Did’
National Review - January 31, 2020
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Bernie Has Opened An Opportunity For Us To Build An Anti-War Movement. We Should Seize It.
Jacobin - January 30, 2020
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Sanders To Introduce Legislation Blocking Iran War Funding
Bernie Post - January 4, 2020
https://berniepost.com/2020/01/sanders-to-introduce-legislation-blocking-iran-war-funding/
Sanders, Khanna Introduce Legislation To Block Funding For A War With Iran
The Hill - January 3, 2020
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Sanders Speaks Up For Palestinians, To Applause, While Biden Says Netanyahu Is ‘Outrageous’
Mondoweiss - December 20, 2019
US’ Bernie Sanders Calls Israel’s Netanyahu A ‘Racist’
Middle East Monitor - December 20, 2020
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191220-us-bernie-sanders-calls-israels-netanyahu-a-racist/
'The Bloodshed Must Stop': Sanders, Khanna, and Schumer Demand Passage Of Measure To End US Complicity In Yemen Slaughter
Common Dreams - November 27, 2019
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Sanders Receives Applause And Praise For Saying US Should Treat Palestinians With 'Respect And Dignity They Deserve'
Common Dreams - November 20, 2019
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Military Times Questionnaire: Sen. Bernie Sanders
Military Times - November 18, 2019
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Which Democratic Candidates Are National Security Employees Opening Their Wallets For?
FP (Foreign Policy) - November 8, 2019
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Bernie Sanders Just Proved It's A New Era For How Democratic Candidates Talk About Israel
Huffpost - October 28, 2019
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Bernie Sanders Rages Against US Spending ‘Trillions Of Dollars’ Bailing Out Saudis
Middle East Monitor - September 24, 2019
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Sanders: Diplomacy, Human Rights Must Drive US World Affairs
AP News - September 21, 2019
https://apnews.com/38fc502d46f741518a590aa9a83e57e0
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Video: Bernie Sanders On Nuclear Weapons
Wisconsin Gazette On Youtube - September 3, 2019
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France Upstages Trump At G7 by Inviting Iran To Salvage Nuclear Deal
Common Dreams - August 26, 2019
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Video: Sanders Says Israel Shouldn’t Take U.S. Aid If It Bans Omar And Tlaib
Forward - August 19, 2019
https://forward.com/fast-forward/429696/bernie-sanders-israel-aid-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib/
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Video: CNN Panelist Absolutely Wrecks Conservative On Israel
The Rational National On Youtube - August 19, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Nq-SgN-rQ&feature=share&app=desktop
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Video: Bill Maher Goes After BDS & Ilhan Omar
Secular Talk On Youtube - August 19, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fI40GQi1go&feature=youtu.be
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Video: Bernie's Courage On Israel Shocks D.C.
Rebel HQ On Youtube - August 16, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=XstfNmY0dfM&app=desktop
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Bernie Sanders To Israel: Ban Our Lawmakers? Then Don’t Take Our Money
Yahoo - August 16, 2019
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/bernie-sanders-israel-ban-donald-trump-075812392.html
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As Warren And Sanders Swiftly Condemned Israel For Barring Congresswomen, Pelosi And Biden Hesitated
The Intercept - August 15, 2019
https://theintercept.com/2019/08/15/israel-omar-tlaib-trump-netanyahu/
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War Is Hell. Why Are We Waging An Endless One?
Truth Out - August 3, 2019
https://truthout.org/articles/war-is-hell-why-are-we-waging-an-endless-one/
Why Bernie Was Right to Oppose US Intervention In Central America
Jacobin - July 1, 2019
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/07/bernie-sanders-central-america-sandinista
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Bernie Sanders on Foreign Policy
On The Issues - April 20, 2016
https://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Foreign_Policy.htm
Bernie Sanders Revisits His Vote Against The Iraq War, Which Started 16 Years Ago Today, And Says Much Of What He Feared Came True
Business Insider - March 20, 2019
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Video: Bernie Sanders Opposes The Iraq War
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/video/flashback-rep-bernie-sanders-opposes-iraq-war
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Video: Bernie Sanders On Persian Gulf War in 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZo97nFS9GU
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Bernie Sanders Lays Out A New Foreign Policy Vision To End America’s “Endless Wars”
Vox - June 25, 2019
https://www.vox.com/2019/6/25/18744458/bernie-sanders-endless-wars-foreign-affairs-op-ed
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Sanders Returns To Vermont To 'Make No Apologies' For Opposing U.S. Wars
Yahoo News - May 25, 2019
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Bernie Sanders Puts The New York Times To Shame
TruthDig - May 20, 2019
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/bernie-sanders-puts-the-new-york-times-to-shame/
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Sanders Introduces Petition To Prohibit War With Iran Without Congress' Approval
The Hill - May 16, 2019
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Bernie Sanders: John Bolton Wants To Lie Us Into War In Iran Like He Did In Iraq, Like They Did In Vietnam
Real Clear Politics - May 14, 2019
Bernie Sanders’ Political Revolution On Foreign Policy, Explained
Vox - May 8, 2019
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/8/18525486/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-2020-yemen-war-powers
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Sanders Refuses To Apologize For Opposing War With Iran
The Hill - May 24, 2019
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Bernie Sanders Does Not Need To Apologize For Opposing Wars
The Nation - May 22, 2019
https://www.thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-nicaragua-vietnam-iraq-war/
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Bernie Sanders Imagines A Progressive New Approach To Foreign Policy
The New Yorker - April 13, 2019
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CODEPINK Ranks The 2020 Presidential Candidates On War, Peace And Military Spending
Mint Press News - March 28, 2019
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Senate Passes Yemen War Powers Resolution
March 13, 2019
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/video-audio/senate-passes-yemen-war-powers-resolution
Bernie Sanders On Cuba
June 20, 2019
https://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-cuba/
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https://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-iran/
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June 20, 2019
https://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-syria/
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Bernie Sanders Would ‘Absolutely’ Use Military Aid To Force Israel To Change
Middle East Monitor - July 29, 2019
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Bernie Sanders On Saudi Arabia: U.S. Can't Have Ally That Murders In Cold Blood' Calls For Relationship Re-evaluation
Newsweek - October 18, 2018
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Video: Flashback: Rep. Bernie Sanders Opposes Iraq War
Bernie Sanders On Youtube - November 14, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_om-x323Em0&app=desktop#
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Video: Bernie Sanders Condemns Israel's "Reprehensible" Attacks On Palestinians, Praises Jesse Jackson
People's War On Youtube - June 27, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=TocimL0AT1w&app=desktop
Israel Furious At UN Report Detailing Torture Of Palestinian Children
The Telegraph - June 21, 2013
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Phil Donahue On His 2003 Firing From MSNBC, Liberal Network Couldn’t Tolerate Antiwar Voices
Democracy Now - March 21, 2013
https://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/21/phil_donahue_on_his_2003_firing
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