Questions to Ask
US Political Candidates -- Presidential or Congressional -- in
this Election Year
February 2000
Where do you stand on these
issues?
- Do you favor or oppose reductions in spending
for defense?
- Do you favor or oppose deployment of a ballistic
missile defense for the US?
- Do you favor or oppose the sale of military
weapons to countries that violate the human rights of their
citizens?
- Do you favor or oppose US leadership to achieve
a treaty for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons?
- Do you favor or oppose US initiation of reciprocal
unilateral steps to reduce the size of its nuclear arsenal?
- Do you favor or oppose giving increased financial
support to Russia to help control its nuclear arsenal?
- Do you favor or oppose the US signing and ratifying
the international treaty to ban landmines?
- Do you favor or oppose US ratification of the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty?
- Do you favor or oppose US participation in
an International Criminal Court to hold individuals accountable
for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity?
- Do you favor or oppose full and timely payment
of US dues to the United Nations?
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