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Three Voices on Foreign Policy: Obama, McCain, and Rand Paul
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on January 31, 2014 (go to class or lectures)
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a sampling of the foreign policy debate within the U.S.
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videos:
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President Barack Obama
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                   senator from Illinois
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Senator John McCain
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               naval officer taken prisoner of war in Vietnam
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2008 ran against Obama
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Senator Rand Paul
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2010 elected Republican senator in                 
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support of and supported by the "Tea Party" movement
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how to analyze each video:
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1. what is each speaker's vision of the role the United States should play in the world?
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2. what does each see as the principal threats to the U.S.?
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3. what are the principal strategies that each emphasizes for U.S. foreign policy?
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Barack Obama: Inaugural Address from 2013
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vision of U.S. foreign policy:
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the U.S. is an              of strong alliances in every corner of the globe
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we are looked to as an anchor because of our military power, number of alliances, and historical standing
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renew institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad
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differentiating from previous          administration which was seen as unilateral, U.S. making its own decisions, e.g. going to war in Iraq without the support of many other major countries
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institutions he's talking about
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United Nations
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International                  Fund
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World Health Organization
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these institutions extend our capacity to manage relations abroad
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you need these institutions which, by their nature, bring together the countries of the world
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support democracy from Asia to Africa, from the Americas to the Middle East
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U.S. is a source of hope
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principal threats to U.S.:
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forever vigilant against those who would do us harm
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try to resolve our                        with other nations peacefully
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strategies:
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force and diplomacy: strength of arms and rule of law and resolve differences peacefully
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support democracy
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fight               
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has ruined the lives of millions of people
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can lead to terrorism
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John McCain: speech from 2012 Republican National Convention
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vision of U.S. foreign policy:
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America is an                        nation
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need to ask what is meant by this, and how true has American foreign policy been to the definition given
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McCain's means we pursue values and principles such as democracy, not just                interests around the world
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backed up by the history of American's fight against Fascism and Communism in World War II and the          War
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the demand for our leadership has never been greater
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even though we are not in World War II or the Cold War anymore, countries still demand global leadership from the U.S.
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everywhere McCain goes in the world, people tell him that they have            in America
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principal threats to U.S.
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threats today are more               , more numerous, and just as deeply deadly as he recalls in his lifetime
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referring to his experience in the                war and being a prisoner of war
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referring to living through the Cold War
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threats are different but of the same magnitude
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foreign policy strategy:
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we are on a declining path
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need to reform government
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                     economy
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renew foundations of power and leadership in the world
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poses the question: do we have faith in ourselves?
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Senator Rand Paul: speech in 2013 to the                  Foundation, a think tank lobbying group in Washington D.C.
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vision of U.S. foreign policy:
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a more restrained foreign policy
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different from McCain
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we need to do          in the world
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principal threats to U.S.
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the issue is less about threats from others to the U.S. than threats of U.S. foreign policy causing to the U.S. domestic system
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U.S. should work within the confines of the                         , e.g. don't let foreign policy get so out of hand that we are bulk spying on American citizens in an attempt to reduce the chance of a terrorist attack
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face the realities of a              crisis instead
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foreign policy strategy:
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more restrained, do less
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be as critical and reflective when examining foreign policy as we are with domestic policy
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questions            of U.S. commitments
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questions                spending: can we afford this?
Three Voices on Foreign Policy: Obama, McCain, and Rand Paul