[ti:Republican Presidential Hopefuls Debate Pakistan, Iran]
[ar:Steve Ember]
[al:IN THE NEWS]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
[00:09.71]This week, the eight candidates
[00:12.31]seeking the Republican Party's
[00:14.63]presidential nomination debated national security
[00:18.76]and foreign policy issues.
[00:22.27]CNN and two conservative research groups,
[00:26.57]the American Enterprise Institute
[00:29.39]and the Heritage Foundation,
[00:31.50]organized the debate in Washington.
[00:34.59]One issue was American aid to Pakistan.
[00:39.11]Texas Governor Rick Perry said he would cut that aid
[00:44.97]unless the Pakistani government made changes.
[00:49.01]RICK PERRY: "The bottom line is that
[00:50.40]they have showed us time after time
[00:52.02]that they can't be trusted and until Pakistan clearly shows
[00:56.55]that they have America's best interest in mind,
[00:59.50]I would not send them one penny."
[01:01.68]Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota disagreed.
[01:05.52]She said the aid is required
[01:08.46]to secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
[01:12.35]She also said Pakistan shares intelligence
[01:16.98]with the United States about al-Qaida.
[01:20.14]MICHELE BACHMANN: "Whatever our action is,
[01:21.80]it must ultimately be about helping the United States
[01:25.24]and our sovereignty, our safety and our security.''
[01:28.24]Another question was whether, as president,
[01:30.94]the candidates would support an Israeli attack
[01:34.66]to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
[01:38.88]Businessman Herman Cain gave the first answer.
[01:43.02]HERMAN CAIN: "I would first make sure
[01:44.79]that they had a credible plan for success."
[01:48.62]Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives,
[01:52.87]said he would support military action
[01:56.01]against Iran only as a last choice.
[01:59.60]NEWT GINGRICH: "I think replacing the regime
[02:01.14]before they get a nuclear weapon
[02:02.45]without a war beats replacing the regime with a war,
[02:06.51]which beats allowing them to have a nuclear weapon.
[02:09.11]Those are your three choices."
[02:10.06]On Monday, the United States, Britain and Canada
[02:13.75]each announced new steps to pressure Iran.
[02:17.77]Still, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said
[02:22.32]President Obama has not been strong enough on Iran.
[02:26.38]MITT ROMNEY: "Put in place the kind of crippling sanctions
[02:28.24]that stop their economy.
[02:29.35]I know it is going to make gasoline more expensive.
[02:31.18]There is no price that is worth an Iranian nuclear weapon."
[02:35.23]During the debate, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman said
[02:39.83]it was time for most American troops
[02:42.90]to come home from Afghanistan.
[02:45.52]JON HUNTSMAN: "We haven't done a very good job defining
[02:48.02]and articulating what the endpoint is in Afghanistan
[02:51.12]and I think the American people are getting very tired
[02:53.80]about where we find ourselves today."
[02:55.40]Mitt Romney said he opposed a quick withdrawal and,
[03:00.31]as president, would follow the advice of his military commanders.
[03:04.42]MITT ROMNEY: "This is not time for America to cut and run."
[03:07.57]Most of the candidates said
[03:09.41]they supported the extension of the anti-terrorism law
[03:13.36]known as the Patriot Act.
[03:15.60]However, Representative Ron Paul of Texas said
[03:20.01]the law is "unpatriotic because it undermines our liberties."
[03:25.70]Several of the presidential hopefuls warned
[03:28.74]against deep defense cuts.
[03:31.06]That could happen now that a twelve-member
[03:34.52]"supercommittee" in Congress failed
[03:37.11]to agree on long-term deficit reductions.
[03:40.78]Another issue was illegal immigration.
[03:44.62]Mr. Gingrich disagreed with many of the other candidates.
[03:49.18]He said he was "prepared to take the heat in saying:
[03:54.00]Let's be humane in enforcing the law."
[03:57.46]NEWT GINGRICH: "I don't see how the party that says
[03:59.28]it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy
[04:03.33]which destroys families that have been here a quarter century."
[04:05.84]This week, Newt Gingrich took the lead in national opinion polls
[04:10.75]for the first time in the race for the Republican nomination.
[04:15.24]Mitt Romney was a close second, and Herman Cain was third.
[04:21.14]The nationally broadcast debate this week was the eleventh
[04:26.27]so far among the Republican candidates.
[04:29.88]The first voting in the primary season
[04:33.07]will take place on January third.
[04:35.97]On that day, Iowa will hold its political meetings
[04:40.37]known as caucuses.
[04:42.50]The general election is next November.
[04:46.35]And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
[04:51.83]I'm Steve Ember.
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