Presidential Candidates Respond to Questions
Aug 16, 2007
Dear Friend,
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| Click here to read the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Responses to Seven Key National Security Questions. |
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Would a Democratic president really be any different from President Bush?
Council for a Livable World recently received responses to seven critical national security questions from six Democratic presidential candidates.
Click here to read how Joseph Biden, Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd, John Edwards, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson responded to questions on nuclear weapons, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Iraq, space weapons, and negotiating with Iran and North Korea.
We wouldn't have been able to undertake this project without the generous support of people like you. Please consider contributing $25, $50, $100 or more to help Council for a Livable World press for additional commitments from presidential candidates on key national security issues.
Council for a Livable World invited all declared Democratic and Republican presidential candidates to answer the questions. Democrats Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel, along with all of the Republican candidates, did not respond to the Council's questionnaire.
Dodd endorsed all of the Council's positions with one word responses, choosing neither to explain nor equivocate. The other candidates offered detailed explanations, leaving numerous shades of gray that offer valuable insight into the priorities they may choose to pursue if elected. Click here to read the candidates' full responses.
Repairing the damage wrought by the Bush Administration over the past seven years will be no easy task, but the responses provided by these presidential candidates offer a starting point for formulating a new vision of national security for the United States.
Sincerely,
John Isaacs and Guy Stevens
P.S. We suggest you consider asking these questions to both presidential and congressional candidates to ensure that the policy proposals and commitments outlined in these responses are carried out after January 2009.
