From: jlohrmann@igc.apc.org
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Date: 09 Oct 92 07:36 PDT
Subject: CLINTON POSITION: Intl Affairs
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Subject: CLINTON POSITION: Intl Affairs


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THE ESSENTIAL CLINTON: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS


"I will do what Harry Truman did at the end of World War II
--more opportunity, more responsibility, an America strong
at home as well as strong abroad."



THE MIDDLE EAST
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"The current round of peace negotiations taking place in
Washington is the best chance in a decade of bringing a
lasting peace to the region.  When I met with prime Minister
Rabin last month in Washington, I made clear to him my
determination to continue the peace process, if elected.  I
want to be very clear about this: there will be no hiatus in
the current negotiations."

"Clearly, we must meet our security commitments to our
coalition partners in the Gulf.  But any actions must be
taken in close consultation with the government of Israel.
And arms sales must not undermine our commitment to Israel's
qualitative edge."

"We must ensure that Israel maintains a military and
technological edge over those who have sworn to drive the
Jews into the sea."

"I oppose the creation of an independent Palestinian state,
and I recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of
Israel.  Additionally, I condemn the illegal Arab economic
boycott of Israel. . . ."

"The peace negotiations will no doubt take time, but there
is a simple step the Arabs should have taken long ago--an
end to their illegal boycott against Israel.  That boycott
is economic warfare and that war must end now."

"It is time the administration made it clear that the United
States will no longer turn a blind eye to this practice, by
putting an end to U.S. government contracts with anyone who
participates in the boycott.  That is why I support Al
Gore's initiative to prohibit Defense Department contracts
with any foreign companies that participate in the Arab
League's boycott against Israel."

"We need an administration that will promote action to stop
the spread of dangerous missiles in the Middle East, and a
strong international effort, and tough sanctions, to keep
weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of nations like
Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Libya."

"Other important challenges in the Middle East will include
the effort to stop Saddam Hussein from violating the terms
of the cease-fire agreement. . . ."


THE VISION
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"My foreign policy strategy in general will reflect the
values I bring to the relationship with Israel.  My
administration will speak out and take action against human
rights abuses regardless of the race, religion or ethnicity
of the victims."

"At the same time, I will strengthen America's hand in the
international realm by strengthening our position here at
home."

"No American foreign policy can succeed if it neglects our
domestic needs.  And no American foreign policy can succeed
if it slights our commitment to democracy."

"When the President went to Japan last year, the whole trade
mission ended with the Japanese Prime Minister saying he
felt sympathy for the United States."

"Now he did not feel sympathy for us because we lack ships
or planes or weapons of war. . . .  He felt sympathy for us
because he believes that we do not have the discipline, or
the vision, or the will to rebuild America.  Because the
Japanese and the Germans know, even if the Americans do not,
that national security begins at home."

"If you're not strong at home, you cannot be strong abroad.
It is true for each and every one of us in our own families,
and it is true for the family of our nation."



THE RECORD
---------------------------
"I supported President Bush's efforts in Desert Shield and
Desert Storm.  I support the tough line the Administration
has taken with Saddam Hussein recently.  I urged the
policies the Administration has adopted in Bosnia and
Somalia."

"[However,] I am angered by the Bush administration's
appeasement of Saddam Hussein before the war and
disappointed by its callous disregard for democratic
principles after the war."

"What makes a president fit to command is, in my view, faith
in God, belief in the greatness of our country and the
goodness of our people, a commitment to making and keeping
America the strongest country in the world--militarilly,
economically, and morally--and an understanding of the
essential character of the American people.

"In the end, every decision must be guided by principle as
well as experience."



THE PLAN
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We are told we can not afford $50 billion a year [to rebuild
America's infrastructure] but Taiwan, Taiwan, a country less
than one-tenth our size, is spending $50 billion a year in
the next six years to build new roads, to build new
industrial technology, to clean up their environment."

"They have decided that they want to be as rich as Germany
and Japan and the United States, and you know something,
they will be, and then some, unless we do what it takes to
invest in our country."

"[America] cannot choose between international engagement
and domestic reconstruction--they are two sides of the same
coin."

"From now on a large part of our national security policy
must be found in economic strength as well as military
might.  A country that is not strong at home cannot be
strong abroad."



ENDORSEMENTS
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Admiral William Crowe, Ronald Reagan's Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and reappointed as Chairman by George Bush:
"America needs new leadership.  After considerable thought,
I have concluded that Governor Clinton offers America the
best choice for the future, and I strongly endorse him for
President of the United States."

(September 20, 1992)


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