Portland, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012.
The Facts:
- Seventeen out of twenty-four Romney foreign policy advisors are neocons from the Bush-Cheney Administration http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/07/12/the_romney_cheney_doctrine?page=full
- Gov. Romney, even after intelligence failures were known, said he would have still invaded Iraq. In response to a question from Tim Russert on whether he would have invaded Iraq, given what we know now, Romney said, “It was the right decision to go into Iraq. I supported it at the time; I support it now.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/us/politics/24text-debate.html?pagewanted=print
- Mitt Romney called the decision to end the war in Iraq a “astonishing failure.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romney-calls-obama-iraq-decision-an-astonishing-failure/2011/10/21/gIQANpjD4L_blog.html
- Gov. Romney was against the decision to wind down the war in Afghanistan, calling it “misguided” http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/mitt-romney-calls-leon-panettas-withdrawal-announcement-misguided/
- Mitt Romney was favorable to the idea of voucherizing the care Veterans receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs, during a roundtable in New Hampshire last year http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/romney-spit-balls-his-way-to-privatizing-veterans-benefits.php
- Paul Ryan’s budget could have cut $11 billion, or 13 percent, from veterans care http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/analysis-how-ryan-s-budgets-would-affect-ours-20120813
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