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By RonPaul.com on May 7, 2009
Event: House Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Date: 5/5/2009 Transcript Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, Mr. Ambassador. I have a couple of concerns I want to express. The main concern I have is I was hoping to see maybe a change in our foreign policy from the last administration. But, of course, we see [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Al Qaeda, Congress, Pakistan, Taliban, War |
By RonPaul.com on April 24, 2009
In this April 22 interview with AntiWar Radio‘s Scott Horton, Ron Paul discusses the lack of change in Afghanistan and Iraq policy despite the Obama administration’s rhetoric, how a single high U.S.-casualty incident abroad could garner the support of Americans for more military intervention, the unwillingness of Democrats or Republicans to cut the Pentagon’s budget, [...]
Posted in Economy, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Afghanistan, Antiwar Radio, Budget, Economy, Fascism, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Obama, Scott Horton, Torture, War Crimes |
By RonPaul.com on April 22, 2009
Date: 4/22/2009 Venue: House Foreign Affairs Committee Channel: C-SPAN 3 Transcript: Howard Berman: The gentleman from Texas, Mr. Paul, is recognized for five minutes. Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome, Madame Secretary. I have a general question I want to ask about foreign policy, but leading up to that question I would like [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Congress, Hillary Clinton |
By RonPaul.com on April 22, 2009
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca8274tKej8 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6etSBfKABZM Show: Alan Colmes Show Date: 4/21/2009 Transcript: Alan Colmes: I’m Alan Colmes, and I want to welcome back to the microphone Ron Paul, the Congressman from Texas who served in Congress on and off for almost 30 years, ran for president in 1988 as a Libertarian Party candidate, sought [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Alan Colmes, Dollar, Obama, Piracy, Secession, Texas, Torture |
By RonPaul.com on April 20, 2009
In his latest column Ron Paul offers a beautifully simple, inexpensive and constitutional solution to the growing piracy problem: First, allow ship owners and operators to defend themselves. Second, issue letters of marque and reprisal to private individuals and organizations to hunt down and capture pirates. Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:52 [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Marque and Reprisal, Piracy, Self-Defense, Somalia |
By RonPaul.com on April 16, 2009
Channel: Fox News Date: 4/15/2009 Transcript: Newscaster: These attacks on US ships off the coast of Africa pose a huge problem for the US Navy. The issue is real estate and manpower, just how do you police an area larger than the Eastern Seaboard of the United States while trying to fight two wars in [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Letters, Marque and Reprisal, Piracy, Pirates, Somalia |
By RonPaul.com on April 14, 2009
Source: Campaign for Liberty Recorded on: April 12, 2009 Today the American people heard the good news that the American ship captain who was being held hostage by the pirates in the Indian Ocean off the shores of Somalia was released and this is very good that his life was spared. But it does raise [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Defense, Guns, Piracy, Pirates, Somalia |
By RonPaul.com on April 6, 2009
Source: Campaign for Liberty Date: 4/5/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: This weekend the big news was that the North Koreans shot off a rocket. They claimed they were making an attempt to put a satellite in orbit, which they have a right to do under international law. Space is supposed to be open to all those [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged North Korea |
By RonPaul.com on April 2, 2009
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Egypt/Israel Peace Treaty Should NOT Be a Model for Future Agreements March 31, 2009 Mr. Speaker: I rise in reluctant opposition to H Res 282. I do so not because I oppose our recognizing peace as preferable to, and more productive than, war. On the [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Bribery, Egypt, Foreign Aid, Israel, Meddling, Peace |