Jeb Bush presidential campaign, 2016/Foreign affairs
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Iran nuclear deal
- On April 2, 2015, Jeb Bush released the following statement on the Iran nuclear deal: "The reported details of the Iran deal include significant concessions to a nation whose leaders call for death to America and the destruction of Israel. Iran remains a major destabilizing force in the region, working against American interests. Today, the Obama administration has agreed to remove U.S. and international sanctions, while permitting Iran to enrich uranium using most of the centrifuges in use today, conduct research into faster, next generation centrifuges, maintain an underground, hardened facility at Fordow, and expand its ballistic missile capabilities. It fails to obtain a guarantee of sufficient inspections. Iran isn’t required to disclose its past weaponization activities and many of the deal’s provisions will expire in the near future. These negotiations began, by President Obama’s own admission, as an effort to deny Iran nuclear capabilities, but instead will only legitimize those activities. Nothing in the deal described by the administration this afternoon would justify lifting US and international sanctions, which were the product of many years of bipartisan effort. I cannot stand behind such a flawed agreement."[2]
Military preparedness and budget
- During the eighth Republican presidential primary debate on February 6, 2016, Jeb Bush talked about his support for requiring women to register for the draft: "I do think that we should not impose any kind of political agenda on the military. There should be -- if women can meet the requirements, the minimum requirements for combat service they ought to have the right to do it. For sure. It ought to be focused on the morale as well. We got to make sure that we have readiness much higher than we do today. We need to eliminate the sequester which is devastating our military. We can't be focusing on the political side of this, we need to realize that our military force is how we project our word in the world. When we're weak militarily it doesn't matter what we say. We can talk about red lines, and ISIS being the J.V. team, and reset buttons and all this. If we don't have a strong military than no one fears us, and they take actions that are against our national interest."[3]
- At the seventh Republican presidential primary debate on January 28, 2016, Bush discussed fixing the Department of Veterans Affairs: “But the first duty of the next president of the United States is to fix the mess at the Department of Veterans Affairs. That's his first responsibility. Look, we have waiting lists for veterans that are -- that are leaving because of the sequester where we're gutting the military. More and more military personnel are leaving becoming veterans, and the waiting list grows. They've given out $140 million of bonuses to Veterans Department employees, including reducing the waiting lists, without giving veterans care. People died, and only three people have been fired. I will make sure that we fire the sheer incompetence inside the Department of Veterans Affairs and then we'll give veterans a choice card so that they don't have to travel hours and hours to get care if they want to go to their private provider. You want to make the Veterans Administration do a better job, give them -- give veterans choices and you'll get a much better result.”[4]
- During the sixth Republican presidential primary debate, on January 14, 2016, Jeb Bush talked about restoring the military: “Well, first of all, under President Jeb Bush, we would restore the strength of the military. Last week, Secretary Carter announced that the Navy's going to be cut again. It's now half the size of what it was prior to Operation Desert Storm. The deployments are too high for the military personnel. We don't have procurement being done for refreshing the equipment. The B-52 is still operational as the long range bomber; it was inaugurated in the age of Harry Truman. The planes are older than the pilots. We're gutting our military, and so the Iranians and the Chinese and the Russians and many other countries look at the United States not as serious as we once were. We have to eliminate the sequester, rebuild our military in a way that makes it clear that we're back in the game.”[5]
- In an op-ed for Town Hall on December 10, 2015, Jeb Bush criticized the “incompetency” of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Under my plan, more veterans could choose between receiving care at a VA hospital or using their benefits at another health facility. I believe strongly that giving veterans more choices and control over their health care will create competition that will result in the VA becoming better at providing services and more accountable,” Bush wrote.[6]
- While discussing his veterans policy on August 17, 2015, Bush unveiled a proposal to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, which includes expanding “choice” options for care outside the department without cutting funding for VA hospitals and medical staff. He said funds could be found through cutting excess administrators (not caregivers) and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. That includes more competitive bidding for department contracts and firing poorly performing employees. Bush also promised better online health care access systems for veterans. The plan would also make it easier access to small business loans and increase funding for women’s health services to account for the rising numbers of female veterans.[7] [8]
- After a speech Bush delivered in March 2014, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said, Bush “showed a lot of knowledge about foreign policy that he must have been working hard to acquire. He was very rough on the president in terms of his handling of foreign policy, referring to the dangers of ‘American passivity.'”[9]
National security
- During a campaign stop in New Hampshire on January 20, 2016, Jeb Bush endorsed the idea of a nuclear weapons-free world. He said, “I think there should be a goal of — an aspirational goal, a Reagan-esque goal if you will — of elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world. I think that is not a naive aspiration.” This is a deviation from the belief held by some Republicans, like former Vice President Dick Cheney, that denuclearization weakens the U.S.[10]
- During a January 16, 2016, interview with the Associated Press, Bush said his foreign policy strategy as president would most resemble his father George H.W. Bush’s strategy. He said, "It was a very successful foreign policy and one that I think one could envision a bipartisan consensus emerging around and one the American people could support." Bush also said that he is in favor of using military intervention "sparingly" but with "awesome force.” He added, "The one ingredient that I think is so essential is to not just have a military exit strategy, but have a political strategy not create another void that has to be filled again...where we have to respond again to that void being filled. Syria is a good example of that."[11]
- On January 13, 2016, Libertarian presidential candidate and software developer John McAfee wrote a response to Bush’s January 12, 2016 editorial in Business Insider. “If his understanding of our position is as described in his policy statement, then our best move is to immediately surrender to the Chinese or the Russians and hope for mercy,” McAfee wrote. He argued Bush was incorrect to assert cybersecurity was an economic problem when the threat of an EMP attack or “weaponized software” was a more dangerous potential problem.[12]
- Bush criticized President Obama’s foreign policy in the following tweet published after the State of the Union address January 12, 2016: “Safer? ISIS on the rise. North Korea testing nukes. Syria in chaos. Taliban on march. This president is living in a different world. #SOTU.”[13]
- Bush outlined his plan to address cyber attacks in an op-ed in the Business Insider on January 12, 2016. Noting recent cyber attacks against “US government and private companies, and against critical infrastructure like power companies, hydroelectric dams, and water-treatment plants” Bush wrote, “We can't trust someone as our next president who didn't take cybersecurity seriously when she was secretary of state.” He then wrote that as president he will “ensure the private sector is provided the most current threat information, the best practices and standards to protect systems and critical infrastructure, and a legal framework that better allows it to defend itself.” He also promised to allocate the proper resources to defense and intelligence officials to combat cyber terrorism; “increase information-sharing between the government and private sector, and within the private sector;” and expose, sanction, prosecute, “and in some cases” retaliate against attackers as a deterrent.[14]
- Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden co-wrote an op-ed in USA Today January 10, 2016, detailing Bush’s four national security principles and highlighting his leadership. “Jeb Bush has clearly articulated a vision not only to defend America and protect our citizens, but once again to make us a trusted leader and important voice in ensuring we stabilize harmful situations that threaten human freedom,” they concluded.[15]
- At the fifth GOP primary debate on December 15, 2015, Bush discussed defending against cyber-attacks from China: “And this administration has been so lax. Think about it. Hillary Clinton is using a private server for - where classified information go by. This is a - this is a serious administration? The president receives an inspector general's report that the Office of Personnel Management could be hacked into; they had antiquated firewalls; 23 million files have been - are in the hands of the Chinese allegedly, including, by the way, members of the press, it turns out, last week. Maybe that's the only part that's good news, so that you guys can get a feel for what it's like now to see this type of attack. This is something - we have to have the best defensive capabilities. We need to coordinate all of our efforts with the private sector. We need to give them liability relief so that we can do that. And offensively, we need to have capabilities second to none. We need to create a situation where they know that there will be adverse impacts if they continue to do what they're doing. They'll respect that. They'll respect a United States that is serious about protecting our - our infrastructure. If we don't do it, we'll continue to see what's - exactly what's happening, not just from the Chinese, by the way. The Russians and rogue actors, including ISIS - this is a serious part of the 21st century security challenge that we face.”[16]
- Bush said on December 11, 2015, that Donald Trump’s plan to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. “doesn’t make sense” if it also means banning groups like the Kurds, as well. He said, “I think we should have a temporary ban on refugees coming here until it's clear that there aren't terrorists embedded. But, if a Kurd wanted to come to this country, the strongest supporters of the United States in the region that are Muslim, I'm not sure that's an appropriate thing, or an Indonesian. Blanket coverage of all Muslims doesn't make sense." He continued, "We need safe havens inside of Syria. The best refugee solution is to make sure they don't leave, to give them safe harbor and build a Sunni-led force in Syria to mobilize support with the Arab world to take out ISIS."[17]
- At the fourth Republican primary debate on November 10, 2015, Bush called for America to lead the effort in the Middle East and against the threat of terrorism. He said, "The threat to the homeland relates to the fact that we have not dealt with this threat of terror in the Middle East. We should have a no fly zone in Syria. We should have a support for the remnants of the Syrian Free Army, and create safe zones. If you want to deal with the four million refugees that are leaving Syria because of the devastation there, then we ought to create safe zones for them to stay in the region rather than go to Europe. And, that requires American leadership. Without American leadership every other country in the neighborhood beings to change their priorities. It is tragic that you see Iraq, and other countries now talking to Russia. It wasn't that long ago that Russia had no influence in the region at all. And, so, the United States needs to lead across the board. This president, and Hillary Clinton both do not believe the United States has a leadership role to play, and we're now paying a price, and it will have a huge impact on the economy of this country if we don't deal with this."[18]
- Bush announced his cybersecurity platform on September 14, 2015. His plan would seek to prioritize cybersecurity as a “critical element of our national defense and economic well-being,” change the culture of government to recognize the “people who protect our systems are just as important as the technology itself,” provide more support to intelligence professionals, develop international cooperation around the issue of cybersecurity, utilize public-private partnerships to improve cybersecurity and remove regulatory barriers that stifle technological development.[19]
- Speaking to Iowa Republicans on August 13, 2015, Bush said he would not rule out the use of torture.[20]
- In his speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on August 11, 2015, Bush emphasized the importance of America's allies in the Middle East to combat the Islamic State and terrorism. He also outlined his five-point plan to address instability in Iraq, which entails supporting Iraqi forces and increasing engagement with Sunni tribes, providing air support, allowing “a greater range of action” for soldiers stationed in the region, giving military support to the Kurds and renewing diplomatic efforts between Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.[21]
- Following the news that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)'s systems had been hacked, Bush published an essay online regarding cybersecurity on June 22, 2015. Bush referenced the 2007 cyberattack on Estonia perpetrated by Russian hackers to highlight the consequences of poor cybersecurity. Bush noted, "We are not powerless unless we choose to be. It would be a start for the President to show leadership on Capitol Hill, and to throw his weight behind the House’s effort to improve cybersecurity information-sharing between the government and the private sector — a critical impediment to cybersecurity according to experts. For three Congresses in a row, the House of Representatives has passed information-sharing legislation only to see it stonewalled by Senate Democrats. Just recently, with the OPM databreach still on the front page, Senate Democrats yet again blocked Senate consideration of information-sharing legislation. President Obama should step up, show some leadership, and work with Congress to pass this legislation — a key step towards creating a more robust public-private partnership."[22]
- After ISIS beheaded journalist James Foley, Jeb Bush sent out the following tweet: "Genocide of Christians, threats to the US, now the beheading of an American. The ISIS are thugs and must be stopped."[23]
- During an interview in 2010, Bush said, “I don’t think the military option (in Iran) should ever be taken off the table. I think the president could start by being less timid in his support of the democracy and freedom movement in Iran. A democratic Iran would not be a threat to its neighbors or to the United States. The president is the leader of the free world. But for the United States, who will defend people who aspire to freedom around the world? Iran is the place where this plays out in a way that’s really important for our own national security interests and the security interests of the region.”[24]
International relations
- At the ninth Republican presidential primary debate on February 13, 2016, Jeb Bush discussed how he would deal with ISIS, Bashar al-Assad and Russia: “The lack of leadership in this country by Barack Obama, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, thinking that this is a policy that works, this policy of containment with ISIS. It's a complete, unmitigated disaster. And to allow Russia now to have influence in Syria makes it harder, but we need to destroy ISIS and dispose of Assad to create a stable Syria so that the four million refugees aren't a breeding ground for Islamic jihadists. This is the problem. Donald Trump brought up the fact that he would -- he'd want to accommodate Russia. Russia is not taking out ISIS. They're -- they're attacking our -- our -- our team, the team that we've been training and the team that we've been supporting. It is absolutely ludicrous to suggest that Russia could be a positive partner in this. They are on the run. They are making -- every time we step back, they're on the run. The question that you asked was a really good one about what you would do -- what three things would you do. I would restore the military, the sequester needs to be reversed. I would have a strategy to destroy ISIS, and I would immediately create a policy of containment as it relates to Iran's ambitions, and to make it make clear that we are not going to allow for Iran to do what it's doing, which is to move towards a nuclear weapon.”[25]
- At the eighth Republican presidential primary debate on February 6, 2016, Jeb Bush discussed the college student held hostage by North Korea: "It's interesting that that happened literally days [after] when this hostage release took place in Iran. A day or two days afterwards, North Korea took a -- held an American student hostage. I think it's when we send a signal of weakness, when we are negotiating to release people that committed crimes in our country for people that didn't commit crimes that are held hostage in Iran. We saw the shameful treatment of our sailors, that this creates weakness -- sends a signal of weakness around the world. The next president of the United States is going to have to get back in the game. Where the United States' word matters. Where we back up our allies, where we don't send signals of weakness. We need to use every -- every influence possible to get this student back. And I think John is right about this, there are crippling sanctions that are available, as it relates to the two or three banks that North Korea uses to -- to -- use it -- illicit trade. We ought to re-establish sanctions, not just because of the student, but because of their actions that they're taking right now, as it relates to building this missile capability."[26]
- At a New Hampshire campaign event on January 6, 2016, Bush commented on Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of 47 prisoners over the weekend, saying, “A strong relationship with Saudi Arabia would allow us to say you shouldn't be executing people for the types of crimes they committed.”[27]
- Discussing reports of North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test at a New Hampshire campaign event, Bush said January 6, 2016, that “If they have long-range missile capability to deliver, that is a direct threat to the U.S. and there is nothing more to say about it.” He cautioned, however, that “we need to make sure it's been confirmed. You wake up in the morning, you see the news...it's not always necessarily turns out to be.”[sic][28]
- Bush discussed U.S.-China relations in an interview with Business Insider published on December 14, 2015. He said the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia” was offensive to Europe and “one of a series of mistakes that this administration and Hillary Clinton, when she was secretary of state, bragged about.” He added that the U.S. should be on guard that China is “going to cheat,” “push,” and “probe” for weakness, and recommended the U.S. continue to invest in its Navy given the tension in the South China Sea.[29]
- On December 3, 2015, Bush wrote an op-ed for Fox News.com proclaiming his commitment to Israel in the face of terrorist acts from Hezbollah and Hamas. He added, “Hamas also knows that Israel takes extraordinary care to avoid civilian casualties when defending itself, and exploits Israel’s respect for innocent Palestinian lives by using human shields and locating weapons stockpiles and firing positions in schools and hospitals. Such horrific exploitation of innocents in the promotion of terror reminds us there can be no moral equivalence between Palestinian terrorism and Israel’s efforts to defend itself against it.”[30]
- At the fourth Republican primary debate on November 10, 2015, Bush said that America must continue to play a leading role on the world stage. He said "We're not going to be the world's policeman, but we sure as heck better be the world's leader. That's -- there's a huge difference where, without us leading voids are filled, and the idea that it's a good idea for Putin to be in Syria, let ISIS take out Assad, and then Putin will take out ISIS? I mean, that's like a board game, that's like playing Monopoly or something. That's not how the real world works. We have to lead, we have to be involved."[31]
- Bush said the United States should provide more assistance to Syrian refugees in September 2015. “We've had a rich noble tradition of supporting refugees from all across the world. They've added vitality to our country. That's undeniable. We have a tradition of doing this and I think we have an obligation to do this in support of the displaced people that are suffering,” he said.[32]
- In a July 2015 interview with The Daily Caller, Bush expressed a "tempered" view of the importance of spreading liberal democracy to America's foreign policy. Calling it "one of the values that we need to promote," Bush said, "It has to be tempered with the realization that not every country is immediately going to become a little 'd' democracy country. Iraq would be a good example of that I think." He emphasized, instead, the role of security in helping to establish democracy.[33]
- After President Obama announced on July 1, 2015, that the United States would reopen embassies in Havana, Cuba, and Washington, D.C., Jeb Bush criticized the diplomatic move as "further legitimizing the brutal Castro regime."[34]
- During a 2012 visit to China, "Bush said that he will continue making contributions to the development of bilateral ties and economic cooperation between the two nations," according to the Communist Party of China.[35]
- During an interview in 2010, Bush said, "We can play a positive role to support the student movement and other elements of Venezuelan society that are fighting back against Chavez. …Sheer ineptitude and incompetency and corruption will bring down the Chavez regime, but we can’t sit back passively and let this happen naturally. I think we need to be much more engaged in the region.”[24]
- During a 2004 speech, Bush expressed his support for Israel.[36]
ISIS and terrorism
- In an interview with Newsmax on January 8, 2016, Jeb Bush said that legal restrictions were compromising the military’s ability to defeat the Islamic State. “To me, it is outrageous because it endangers the troops. You cannot have lawyers on top of the war fighters of this extraordinary military force. Of course, the military should apply the standards of war fighting that are the international norms,” he said. Bush added that the U.S. should not "worry about the civil liberties of an ISIS sympathizer. We're at war and we should treat it accordingly."[37]
- At the fifth GOP primary debate on December 15, 2015, Bush discussed defeating ISIS and Donald Trump’s plan to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country: “Well, first of all, we need to destroy ISIS in the caliphate. That's - that should be our objective. The refugee issue will be solved if we destroy ISIS there, which means we need to have a no-fly zone, safe zones there for refugees and to build a military force. We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all of that has to be done in concert with the Arab nations. And if we're going to ban all Muslims, how are we going to get them to be part of a coalition to destroy ISIS? The Kurds are the greatest fighting force and our strongest allies. They're Muslim. Look, this is not a serious proposal. In fact, it will push the Muslim world, the Arab world away from us at a time when we need to reengage with them to be able to create a strategy to destroy ISIS. So Donald, you know, is great at - at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate. And he'd be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.”[38]
- Appearing on CNBC on November 20, 2015, Bush said his first move as commander-in-chief would be to consult with the military on how best “to destroy ISIS.” He argued there are too many “conditions” in place restricting the actions the U.S. can take. He added that the Syrian crisis could not be solved “in concert with Russia. … Ultimately there needs to be a political solution where Bashar Assad leaves.”[39]
- In a speech at the Citadel on November 18, 2015, Bush said the U.S. should increase the number of ground forces in the Middle East to combat the Islamic State. “The United States—in conjunction with our NATO allies and more Arab partners—will need to increase our presence on the ground," Bush said, although he did not provide an estimate of how many soldiers he would send to the region.[40]
- Appearing on NBC’s "Meet the Press" on November 15, Bush said the U.S. "should declare war and harness all of the power that the United States can bring to bear both diplomatic and military, of course, to be able to take out ISIS. We have the capabilities of doing this, we just haven't shown the wall." When asked what he would like to see President Obama do in the next two weeks to combat ISIS, Bush answered, "Declare a no-fly zone over Syria. Directly arm the Peshmerga forces in Iraq. Re-engage with the Sunni tribal leaders. Embed with the Iraqi military. Be able to create safe zones in Syria. Garner the support of our European allies and the tradition Arab states. Lead. That's what I want him to do. I want him to lead. He has the capability of doing this. We have the resources to do this. This is a threat to Western civilization and we should consider it that way."[41]
Syrian refugees
- At the sixth Republican presidential primary debate, on January 14, 2016, Jeb Bush argued with Donald Trump over his plan to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country: “Donald, Donald -- can I -- I hope you reconsider this, because this policy is a policy that makes it impossible to build the coalition necessary to take out ISIS. The Kurds are our strongest allies. They're Muslim. You're not going to even allow them to come to our country? The other Arab countries have a role to play in this. We cannot be the world's policeman. We can't do this unilaterally. We have to do this in unison with the Arab world. And sending that signal makes it impossible for us to be serious about taking out ISIS and restoring democracy in Syria. So I hope you'll reconsider. I hope you'll reconsider. The better way of dealing with this -- the better way of dealing with this is recognizing that there are people in, you know, the -- Islamic terrorists inside, embedded in refugee populations. What we ought to do is tighten up our efforts to deal with the entry visa program so that a citizen from Europe, it's harder if they've been traveling to Syria or traveling to these other places where there is Islamic terrorism, make it harder -- make the screening take place. We don't have to have refugees come to our country, but all Muslims, seriously? What kind of signal does that send to the rest of the world that the United States is a serious player in creating peace and security?”[42]
- On November 17, 2015, during an interview on Bloomberg Politics' “With All Due Respect,” Bush said that banning Syrian refugees from coming to the United States is not the way to solve the problem with ISIS. He said, “The answer is to lead, to resolve the problem in Syria.” Bush also clarified his previous statement about asking the U.S. to let in Christian refugees, noting that it was not meant to discriminate against other refugees. He said, “There's no discrimination to simply say that you want to protect religious minorities that are being exterminated.”[43]
- On November 15, 2015, during an interview on CNN’s "State of the Union," Bush discussed accepting refugees from Syria. He said, "I think we need to do thorough screening and take a limited number, but ultimately the best way to deal with the refugee crisis is to create safe zones inside of Syria." Later that day he added, "The great majority of refugees need to be safely kept in Syria. Which means the safe zones need to be serious."[44]
- On November 15, Bush said the U.S. should concentrate its refugee assistance on Christian Syrians. "I think we need to do thorough screening and take in a limited number. There are a lot of Christians in Syria that have no place now. They'll be either executed or imprisoned, either by Assad or by ISIS. We should focus our efforts as it relates to the refugees for the Christians that are being slaughtered," Bush said.[45]
- In the same interview on CNN, Bush said "Islamic terrorism" should be named "for what it is." He said, "This is not a question of religion. This is a political ideology that has co-opted a religion, and I think it's more than acceptable to call it for what it is and then organize an effort to destroy it."[46]
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Footnotes
- ↑ [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/us/politics/jeb-bush.html?_r=0 The New York Times, " Jeb Bush Bows Out of Campaign, Humbled and Outgunned," February 20, 2016]
- ↑ RighttoRisePAC.org, "Right to Rise PAC Honorary Chairman Gov. Jeb Bush’s Statement on Iran Nuclear Deal," accessed April 10, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Transcript of the New Hampshire GOP debate, annotated," February 6, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "7th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant," January 28, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "6th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant," January 14, 2016
- ↑ Town Hall, "A Clear Choice on Protecting our Veterans," December 10, 2015
- ↑ Military Times, "Jeb Bush unveils VA reform plan for presidential bid," August 17,2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Jeb Bush unveils veterans policy as 12 Medal of Honor recipients endorse him," August 17, 2015
- ↑ Time, "Jeb Bush Blames Obama for 'American Passivity'," March 28, 2014
- ↑ Foreign Policy, "Jeb Bush Endorses Obama’s ‘Reagan-esque Goal’ of a Nuclear Free World," January 21, 2016
- ↑ AP: The Big Story, "Bush sees similarities in his foreign policy and his dad's," January 16, 2016
- ↑ Business Insider, "JOHN MCAFEE: Jeb Bush is a smart man, but his views on cybersecurity depress me," January 13, 2016
- ↑ The Hill, "GOP ’16 hopefuls pan Obama’s address," January 12, 2016
- ↑ Business Insider, "JEB BUSH: Here's my plan to address the monumental threat of cyber attacks," January 12, 2016
- ↑ USA Today, "Chertoff, Hayden: Jeb Bush offers leadership and vision," January 10, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate," December 15, 2015
- ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bush: 'Blanket' Policy On All Muslim Immigration 'Doesn't Make Sense' (VIDEO)," December 12, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Who said what and what it meant: The 4th GOP debate, annotated," November 10, 2015
- ↑ Jeb Bush for President, "Strengthening Cybersecurity," September 14, 2015
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Jeb Bush Leaves Door Open For Use Of Torture," August 13, 2015
- ↑ The Tampa Bay Times, "Full text of Jeb Bush's foreign policy speech," August 11, 2015
- ↑ Medium, "The President Must Prioritize Cybersecurity," June 22, 2015
- ↑ Twitter, "Jeb Bush," August 20, 2014
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Newsmax, "Jeb Bush: Obama Charts 'Dangerous Course,' His Policies 'Not American'," February 23, 2010
- ↑ The Washington Post, "The CBS News Republican debate transcript, annotated," February 13, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Transcript of the New Hampshire GOP debate, annotated," February 6, 2016
- ↑ CBS News, "Jeb Bush weighs in on Saudi Arabia, North Korea," January 6, 2016
- ↑ CBS News, "Jeb Bush weighs in on Saudi Arabia, North Korea," January 6, 2016
- ↑ Business Insider, "Jeb Bush: Here's how I'd deal with China," December 14, 2015
- ↑ Fox News, "Jeb Bush: As leader of the free world I will stand with Israel in terror fight," December 3, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Who said what and what it meant: The 4th GOP debate, annotated." November 10, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Bush on Trump: You can't insult your way to the White House," September 10, 2015
- ↑ The Daily Caller, "Jeb Bush Lays Out His Foreign Policy Vision," July 5, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Times, "Jeb Bush: Obama’s Cuba policy strengthening Castro regime," July 1, 2015
- ↑ News of the Communist Party of China, "Xi meets Jeb Bush, calls for closer cooperation between China, US," January 18, 2012
- ↑ St. Petersburg Times, "Gov. Bush declares support for Israel's fight," April 27, 2004
- ↑ Newsmax, "Jeb: Here Are the 6 Steps to Destroy ISIS," January 9, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate," December 15, 2015
- ↑ CNBC, "Jeb Bush: ISIS declares war on Western civilization," November 20, 2015
- ↑ CNN Politics, "Jeb Bush outlines military policy: 'We can't withdraw from this threat'," November 18, 2015
- ↑ NBC News, "Meet the Press - November 15, 2015," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "6th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant," January 14, 2016
- ↑ Bloomberg, "Jeb Bush Splits With Republicans Over Syrian Refugees," November 17, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "Obama refugee plan targeted after attacks," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Jeb Bush: Let's Focus On Helping The Christian Syrian Refugees, Rather Than The Muslims," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Jeb Bush: Call radical Islam what it is," accessed November 16, 2015
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