U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivered a major foreign policy speech today at the Heritage Foundation’s 4th Annual Jesse Helms Lecture Series. You can watch the full speech (45 min) as well as the following Q&A (~15 min) below:
To give you some idea of his comments, here are just a few tweets from Amanda Carpenter, speechwriter and senior communications advisor to Cruz, who was live-tweeting his comments:
CRUZ: "We will not defeat them if the president will not utter the words 'Radical Islamic Terrorist'"
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 11, 2013
CRUZ approach to foreign policy: 1) focus on protecting US interests 2) speak with moral clarity 3) always fight to win
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 11, 2013
CRUZ: "fundmental failing of this Administration is that it's not focused on US interests; it's focused on defending international norms"
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 11, 2013
CRUZ: Obama too hawkish defending international norms, too dovish defending US interests.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 11, 2013
CRUZ: Many embracing Putin's offer to resolve everything..my attitude toward Russia is "trust but verify" Look at his prior conduct.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 11, 2013
CRUZ: "When America doesn't lead the world is a much, much more dangerous place."
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 11, 2013