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Duncan Hunter on Iraq and Foreign Policy
When you have a country which is cooperating, you don't tell them you're going to unilaterally move against them, you're going to somehow undertake this by yourself. We need the Pakistani army to work that with the American soldiers.
Has Supported: * Voted For Darfur Peace and Accountability Act * Voted For NATO Bridging Force Legislation * Voted For Presidential Special Envoy * Voted For Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act Has Not Supported: * Did Not Co-Sponsor Darfur Peace and Accountability Act * Did Not Co-Sponsor NATO Bridging Force Legislation * Did Not Co-Sponsor Presidential Special Envoy * Voted Against Funding Amendment for Civilian Protection * Voted Against Funding Amendment for Humanitarian Aid * Did Not Co-Sponsor Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act
In March 2007, Rep. Hunter (R-CA) said that he supports strong economic sanctions on Iran and cosponsored the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, which strengthens the sanctions implemented by the 1996 Iran and Libya Sanctions Act.
Right now, Iran is moving equipment into Iraq that is being used to kill Americans. Iran has crossed the line, and the United States has absolute license at this point to take whatever actions are necessary to stop those deadly instruments from being moved across the line, being used in explosives, roadside bombs, inside Iraq. We should not get to the edge of the cliff on this enrichment of uranium, and plutonium to be used for a nuclear weapon in Iran. The United States needs to move very quickly
Rep. Hunter (R-CA) says Israel should not give up "one inch" of territory. He supports Israel's security wall and also says Israel should improve its missile defense system, with assistance from the United States, to "prevent the sort of attacks that country suffered during its war with Hezbollah." Like Giuliani, Hunter says a peace process will be impossible until Palestinians "renounce terrorism and stop their attacks on the Israeli people."
Hunter (R-CA) is a hard-liner with regards to Cuba. He voted in 1992 for the Cuban Democracy Act, which stipulated that subsidiaries of U.S. companies could not do business with Cuba. It also restricted travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens.
Voted NO on a bill to provide $15.2 billion for foreign operations in FY 2000. Among other provisions, the bill would provide $1.82 billion over three years for implementation of the Wye River peace accord in the Middle East. In addition, the measure would provide $123 million in multilateral debt relief and would contribute $25 million to the United National Population Fund.
Bill sponsored by Callahan, R-AL; Bill HR 3196 ; vote number 1999-572 on Nov 5, 1999
Q: So, as president you would use the bully pulpit to call more attention to actions like that. HUNTER: Yes, I'd say to what I call the American example, the example of spreading freedom and supporting humanitarian operations around the world--all the good things that are manifest in America.
Voted YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding.
United Nations Reform Act; Bill HR 2745 ; vote number 2005-282 on Jun 17, 2005
Hunter signed the Contract with America: [As part of the Contract with America, within 100 days we pledge to bring to the House Floor the following bill]: The National Security Restoration Act: No US troops under UN command, and restoration of the essential parts of our national security funding to strengthen our national defense and maintain our credibility around the world.
Contract with America 93-CWA8 on Sep 27, 1994
The Congressman said that "we have a different problem than the US-Russia Balance and that he would not be in favor of decrease in the arsenal of the United States because in the future we would see an increase in the China arsenal."
"Romney is absolutely wrong in recommending a secret timetable," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., tells ABC News in a telephone interview while campaigning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "Secret timetables are bad because in the end they all become public and the enemy uses them to estimate the limit on America’s endurance."
Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days
Out of Iraq Caucus bill; Bill H R 2237 ; vote number 2007-330 on May 10, 2007
Q:Are you sensing with the polls heading south in terms of approval of the war that even among Republicans there's at least a growing desire for some kind of firmer timetable than we have right now for getting U.S. troops out? DUNCAN HUNTER: No, Margaret, the timetable has to come from one place, and that's from the judgment of the combatant commanders who say, "My counterpart unit in the Iraqi military can now handle this particular town or this particular area that heretofore American troops have been handling has got to come from judgment on the ground.
Hunter offered a staunchly conservative message that attacked unfair trade deals, warned about China's mounting military might and voiced support for President Bush's troop surge in Iraq.
The number of troops that we've got...is still less troops than we had last December, a year ago December. So the so-called big surge actually takes us up to fewer folks than we had one year and two months ago in Iraq.
Hunter supported Bush's plan in January 2007 to temporarily boost U.S. troop levels in Iraq to combat sectarian violence and help Iraqis achieve independence. When the House went on record in February 2007 disapproving of Bush's proposal, Hunter voted against the resolution. At the time, he called congressional debates on the buildup a disservice to soldiers. Hunter said in September 2007 that the security situation in Iraq had "markedly improved" under Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander of U.S. forces there.
Voted YES to limit the use of funds to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq or to exercise United States economic control of the oil resources of Iraq.
"No American troops are permanently stationed in countries around the world by virtue of the fact that we station them there with the permission of the host governments,'' said Rep. Duncan Hunter