Word: isolationists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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President Clinton's threat toveto a GOP bill dramatically slashing foreign aidhas only emboldened House Republicans. Late Tuesday, just hours after Clinton called the legislation the most isolationist in half a century, the House passed an amendment, by a vote of 276-134, that would cut $478 million more. (Sixty-three Democrats joined the Republican majority.) Today, the House went even further, voting to cut funding to international groups involved with abortions -- even where abortion is legal. A final House vote on the package is expected Thursday...
Both in Russia and in the U.S., our partnership is just developing as something in our national interest. Both Russian and American politicians should resist the temptation to find an "easy" solution and retreat into isolationism. I know a neo-isolationist mood is strong in the U.S., based on the assumption that it is easier and also more profitable for America to resolve world problems singlehandedly. We also have a similar political tendency-"ultrapatriotism." Therefore, our common task is to lead the Russian-American partnership beyond internal political struggles. This is particularly true during election campaigns both here...
...example, the bloated, wasteful Pentagon is not considered to be part of "big government." Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union challenge U.S. security, and despite their neo-isolationist stance, Republicans propose a $60 billion dollar increase in defense spending. Ironically, the Food Stamps program may survive draconian reductions since it is considered to benefit farmers and the agricultural industry, not the poor...
Acknowledging current isolationist sentiments. Lake called on the U.S. to resist the tendency. "Today we again face the old impulses to retreat. Our interests demand that we check that impulse...
Recalling the D-Day commemoration festivities held earlier in the week, Albright said that in order to properly remember the lives lost in the invasion, the United States should never become isolationist again...