White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As members of Congress, we may disagree with the administration's position on foreign policy matters, but the fact remains: the Executive Branch is tasked with handling diplomatic matters.
Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.
The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job.
I think the Iraq War is not particularly tailored to American interests.
The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.
In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.
Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.
People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
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