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By RonPaul.com on December 5, 2009
Channel: Fox Business Date: 12/02/2009 Transcript News Anchor: In the meantime, we turn out attention from the health of the markets to the economic health of our nation. As the president announced last night that he will be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan for this surge, a brief surge. Let’s take a listen. Obama: [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Afghanistan, Fox Business, Obama, Perpetual War |
By RonPaul.com on December 2, 2009
Venue: Joint Hearing on Afghanistan Date: 12/02/2009 Transcript Mr. Speaker: The gentleman from Texas, Mr. Paul. Ron Paul: I thank you, Mr. Chairman. I welcome the panel today. I wished I could promise you an eloquent statement where I could convert all of you to a non-interventionist foreign policy and a policy where we’re not [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Afghanistan, Bush Doctrine, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates |
By RonPaul.com on November 25, 2009
Show: Montel Across America Host: Montel Williams Date: 11/25/2009 Transcript Montel Williams: We have the pleasure of being joined by one of our favorite guests here on “Montel Across America”. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome him, he’s a congressman from the 14th district of Texas. Welcome, Congressman Ron Paul, to “Montel Across America”. Ron Paul: [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Afghanistan, Montel Across America, Montel Williams, Obama, War |
By RonPaul.com on November 18, 2009
On November 18, 2009, Congressman Ron Paul took part in a 60 minute special order on the House floor about the continuing quagmire in Afghanistan. Date: 11/18/2009 Event: House Floor Special Order: A True Bipartisan Effort Steve Kagen: I believe there is a better way of doing things in America, and I am convinced that [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Steve Kagen |
By RonPaul.com on November 3, 2009
Channel: Russia Today Date: 11/01/2009 Transcript Dina Gusovsky: A national emergency is declared in the United States, but it doesn’t have anything to do with the war in Afghanistan, the economic crisis, or nukes in Iran. Instead, it’s H1N1, the swine flu. But is all this media hysteria really justified, and is the threat as [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Health Care, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Afghanistan, Dina Gusovsky, H1N1, Iran, Pakistan, Russia Today, Swine Flu |
By RonPaul.com on October 31, 2009
Ron Paul: “I probably dislike [the current system] as much as Michael Moore does. But he’s complaining about it being part of capitalism. It has nothing to do with capitalism. This is corporatism, the corporations. I agree with him.” Show: Larry King Live Channel: CNN Date: 10/29/2009 Larry King:… Ron Paul, Republican of Texas. He [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Afghanistan, Capitalism, Corporatism, Larry King Live, Michael Moore |
By RonPaul.com on October 23, 2009
Ron Paul appeared on The Tavis Smiley Show to discuss the war in Afghanistan and ending the Federal Reserve. Show: Tavis Smiley Show Channel: PBS Date: 10/21/2009 Transcript: Tavis Smiley: Congressman Ron Paul from Texas is serving his 11th term in Congress. In 2008 he mounted a bid for the White House that galvanized an [...]
Posted in Economy, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Afghanistan, End the Fed, PBS, Tavis Smiley |
By RonPaul.com on October 18, 2009
Venue: U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Date: 10/15/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the last months, we have had a pretense of having a debate about Afghanistan, but unfortunately, it’s not much of a debate. We’re deciding whether or not to send 40,000 or 80,000 troops over to Afghanistan and we [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Congress, Obama, Pakistan, Peace, War |
By RonPaul.com on October 13, 2009
Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:21 minutes). Saving Face in Afghanistan by Ron Paul This past week there has been a lot of discussion and debate on the continuing war in Afghanistan. Lasting twice as long as World War II and with no end in sight, the war in Afghanistan has been [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Afghanistan, Troops, War |
By RonPaul.com on October 10, 2009
Date: 10/9/2009 Key points: Ron Paul wasn’t totally shocked that it happened the prize represents not peace, but internationalism, world government and a UN/NATO-type approach to global affairs Obama’s tone is better, but he isn’t pro-peace Obama totally neutralized the anti-war left, which is very sad the same happens when conservatives are elected: they promise [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy | Tagged Afghanistan, Anti-War Left, Iraq, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, Pakistan, Peace, Pro-Peace Movement |
By RonPaul.com on October 5, 2009
Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:35 minutes). Bombs and Bribes by Ron Paul What if tomorrow morning you woke up to headlines that yet another Chinese drone bombing on US soil killed several dozen ranchers in a rural community while they were sleeping? That a drone aircraft had come across the Canadian [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Afghanistan, China, Democracy, Pakistan |
By RonPaul.com on September 20, 2009
Interview: Time Magazine – 10 Questions for Ron Paul Date: 9/17/2009 Transcript Michael Scherer: Hi, this is Michael Scherer from TIME and I’m here with Congressman Ron Paul, Texas Republican, two-time Presidential candidate, who has a new book out this September called “End The Fed”. Thanks for joining us, Congressman Paul. Ron Paul: Nice to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, Conspiracies, Federal Reserve, Income Tax, Mainstream Media, Marijuana, Michael Scherer, Obama, TIME |
By RonPaul.com on September 14, 2009
Ron Paul discusses U.S. foreign policy in Afghanistan and growing unrest over Obama’s expansion of the war and nation building efforts. Source: Campaign for Liberty Date: 9/14/2009 Transcript Ron Paul: Finally we’re going to talk about something other than medical care. The summer was saturated with the news and discussions in all the town hall [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Afghanistan, Obama |
By RonPaul.com on September 9, 2009
Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:53 minutes). Government Solutions Lack Understanding by Ron Paul Things seem to be unraveling quickly for the new administration. The latest unemployment numbers are worse than the last reports. For all the billions of dollars spent and committed to fixing our economic problems, the situation is only [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Afghanistan, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Obama, War |
By RonPaul.com on August 8, 2009
Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul Location: Orlando, FL Date: August 7, 2009 Ron Paul: If we are to have a small government, that government should be restrained and limiting its power and authority to the protection of our liberty and nothing else. There shouldn’t be a perpetual war on the people. They say [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq, Peace, War on Drugs, War on Poverty |
By RonPaul.com on May 11, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul points out that U.S. foreign policy has not changed. Our leaders continue to violently intervene in the affairs of other countries, with entirely predictable – and often very deadly – consequences. Instead of working for peace, they are creating a new generation of enemies. Download the column as an [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Afghanistan, Blowback, Pakistan, Violence, 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 |