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The Candidates on U.S. Policy toward Russia
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Republican Candidates on U.S. Policy toward Russia
Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani advocates commercial engagement with Russia, but has also expressed support for the planned missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. In an October 2007 Republican debate, Giuliani also called for an increase in military spending to "send a heck of a signal" to Russia.
In November 2001, Giuliani accompanied Putin on a visit to Ground Zero. Giuliani told news media at the time that the attacks of September 11, 2001 would bring the United States and Russia closer together. In 2004, Giuliani traveled to Moscow to promote U.S.-Russian business relations.
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Mike Huckabee
Huckabee seems optimistic about the U.S.-Russian relationship. "Things will be better than during the Cold War because, much as we do not want another 9/11, Putin does not want another terrorist attack like the 2004 school siege in Beslan," he wrote in a January 2008 Foreign Affairs essay. Still, he is critical of Putin, whom he calls "a staunch nationalist in a country that has no democratic tradition."
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Duncan Hunter
Rep. Hunter (R-CA) views Russia as a potential hindrance to U.S. foreign policy goals, such as tightening sanctions on Iran to deter its nuclear program. In an October 2007 Republican debate, Hunter said the United States should work with Russia on sea-based missile defenses. The United States should "discuss the prospects of putting our Aegis missile defense cruisers in the Black Sea," he said.
Hunter sponsored the National Defense Authorization Act for 2004, which included provisions to encourage Russia to "open up its secret biological research facilities," he wrote in the Washington Times. The act also required that Russia give Washington "land-use permits necessary to construct and operate disarmament facilities so nonproliferation dollars are not unnecessarily wasted on facilities that cannot be used because of Russian red tape," he wrote. That bill passed.
Hunter, who once chaired the House Armed Services Committee, calls himself a "strong supporter" of Bush's missile defense shield plan.
