Following are excerpts from an interview by Michael R. Gordon of The New York Times with John Edwards, conducted Sunday on the Edwards campaign bus as it drove between campaign stops in western Iowa. Some of the questions have been edited for brevity and clarity. The full transcript can be found here.
Q: How did you [...]
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Presidential candidates John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul respond to the War and Law League’s presidential questionnaire.
All presidential candidates were invited to respond.
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Posted in Edwards (D), Vote Issues: Iraq, Vote Issues: Nuclear, tagged combat troops, Iraq War, john edwards, Nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, permanent bases, presidential election on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
New Hampshire Indy Media reports:
Edwards finally did take the stage, dressed in blue jeans and speaking of his common-man roots, not his current wealth and power. He showed respect for the audience’s intelligence and time, taking unusually specific stands in a concise way. He committed to an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by [...]
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Posted in Edwards (D), Vote Issues: Iran, Vote Issues: Nuclear, tagged henry kissinger, Iran, john edwards, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, presidential election, sam nunn on December 3, 2007 | No Comments »
I went to see Edwards tonight in Manchester and asked a question about nukes and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and he was pretty strong, called himself ‘out there’ on the issue in calling for the US to lead a worldwide effort to eliminate nukes; referenced the Sam Nunn, Henry Kissinger plan and agreeing with [...]
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I managed to get my question to the microphone at the John Edwards event yesterday at The Governor’s Inn, and thought you might be interested …
I asked him, after telling him how I though we spent far too much of our tax dollars on the pentagon, if he would cut back [...]
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Question: Thank you very much for taking my call. I heard you speak in Meredith yesterday and was quite pleased to hear you call for worldwide nuclear abolition. I want to know, will you put your money where your mouth is and publicly disarm US nuclear weapons so the world knows your serious about nuclear [...]
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Posted in Edwards (D), Vote Issues: Iran, Vote Issues: Iraq, Vote Issues: Nuclear, Vote Issues: Terrorism, tagged Iran, Iraq, john edwards, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, presidential election, shia, sunni, Syria on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »
John Edwards spoke to a packed room at Hart’s Turkey Farm today.
Question: If elected, what will your policy be towards Pakistan? In my view the most dangerous international situation confronting our country.
Answer: It certainly is at this time a very, very dangerous situation. Lets start with the problem and then I’ll tell you what I’ll [...]
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Edwards in Bedford, October 28
At the debate at Dartmouth College at the end of September, candidates Clinton, Obama, and Edwards all said they might not have all troops out of Iraq by 2013. Like Chris Dodd, I was stunned to think that these candidates would ignore the mandate of the voters and extend the [...]
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Posted in Edwards (D), Vote Issues: Iran, Vote Issues: Iraq, Vote Issues: Nuclear, tagged Ahmandinejad, Iran, Iraq, john edwards, New Hampshire Primary, Nuclear, preemptive war, presidential election, shia, sunni on November 12, 2007 | No Comments »
John Edwards spoke at Plymouth State University today. His stump speech included:
…[W]e’re going to talk about two things: The War in Iraq and what’s happening with Iran right now…I think you, as New Hampshire Primary voters, deserve something from Presidential candidates. Every Presidential candidate says they’re going to end the War, but you deserve more [...]
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Yesterday, John Edwards outlined a five-point strategy to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
“As a nation, we stand today at a fork in the road with Iran. We have a real choice about the direction we’ll take. One path will replay the last seven years. It leads toward a dark future of belligerence, aggression, and war. We [...]
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