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International Aid, International Policy, and International Trade Issues

International Aid
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international aid.
a) Support the United States granting aid to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster and threaten civilian lives.
b) Support the United States granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States.
  c) Eliminate United States aid for any nation with documented human rights abuses.
d) Aid granted by the United States should be scaled back and eventually eliminated.
  e) Other or expanded principles
International Policy
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international policy.
Yes  a) Should the United States continue to provide leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
  b) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
Yes  c) Should the United States impose greater international sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
Yes  d) Should the United States support the Lebanese government against insurgent forces?
Yes  e) Should the United States maintain its troop levels in Iraq?
No  f) Should the United States withdraw its troops from Iraq?
g) Discuss your proposals for Iraq.
No Answer
Yes  h) Should the United States apply greater economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea if it fails to abide by its agreement to suspend its nuclear program?
Yes  i) Should the United States increase financial support for Afghanistan?
Yes  j) Should the United States increase military support for Afghanistan?
Yes  k) Should the United States trade nuclear fuel to India for civilian purposes?
Undecided  l) Should the United States decrease financial support for Pakistan?
Undecided  m) Should the United States decrease military support for Pakistan?
Yes  n) Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in Darfur, Sudan?
Yes  o) Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Yes  p) Should the United States provide economic and military support to the Transitional Government of Somalia?
Yes  q) Should the United States use sanctions to encourage the government of Zimbabwe to end its human rights abuses?
Yes  r) Should the United States support the creation of an independent nation of Kosovo?
  s) Other or expanded principles
International Trade
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international trade.
Yes  a) Do you support the United States imposing economic sanctions on China?
Yes  b) Do you support the United States imposing trade sanctions on Venezuela?
Yes  c) Do you support the United States involvement in free trade agreements?
Yes  d) Do you support the United States involvement in intergovernmental organizations dedicated to trade?
  e) Other or expanded principles

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