Issue Position: Crisis in the Middle East & Israel

Issue Position

Strong American leadership to help bring a lasting peace in the Middle East

CBS News, "Washington Unplugged," with Nancy Cordes - March 23, 2011:

"Obama is a very tentative and cautious person and that has come out now in his first foreign policy test. He was sleeping at the switch with the Egypt crisis and I was very disappointed with that."

WHO Newsradio, Des Moines, Iowa "The Simon Conway Show" - April 25, 2011:

"I support Obama right now on the international coalition in Libya, if we can get in there without ground troops, if we can get rid of Gaddafi, who is the ultimate terrorist, who has done great damage not only to his people but our own, then that would be a success."

Republican Jewish Coalition Winter Meeting, Las Vegas, NV - April 2, 2011

"Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East and must be defended at all cost."

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