On the Issues
Foreign Policy and Defense
My foreign policy involvements during my years in Congress have ranged
from helping direct start-up assistance to the emerging democratic
parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe, to numerous trips and
other efforts aimed at promoting a just and lasting settlement between
Israel and her neighbors.
I am now Chairman of the House Democracy Assistance Commission, which provides procedural, technical, and material assistance to parliaments and members of parliament in developing democracies around the world. I am also a member of the NATO
Parliamentary Assembly, have chaired the Congressional Study Group on Germany,
and have participated in parliamentary exchanges with Germany, Great
Britain, India, Japan, and other countries.
I support the relentless pursuit of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups and feel that the Bush Administration's costly and poorly planned invasion and occupation of Iraq have diverted us from this mission. I have spearheaded efforts to reform the use of private military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I have introduced legislation to bring such contractors under U.S. law and to set basic standards for contracting. That legislation was passed by the House in October.
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