“He has no foreign policy experience.”
Could be said about any candidate except McCain and Hunter.
“”“He has no foreign policy experience.”
Could be said about any candidate except McCain and Hunter.””
Wrong. Thompson has been a member of a State Dept advisory board for several years now. Also was on the Intelligence committee in the Senate. Also American Enterprise Institute Fellow in foreign affairs.
Not true.
Senator Thompson to Represent U.S. at Asian Conference on Security Issues
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) will represent the United States this week at an International conference on Asian Security Issues. Organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), “Asia Security Conference: The Shangri-La Dialogue” will bring together fifteen defense ministers from Asia-Pacific countries, United States and European defense officials, and leading independent analysts.
Among those participating in the May 31-June 2 conference in Singapore will be U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, British Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon, Chinese Director of Foreign Affairs Zhan Maohai, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, and India Minister of Defense George Fernandez.
Issues that the conference will focus on include managing terrorist threats in Southeast Asia, non-proliferation challenges in Asia, United States’ strategy in the region, Europe’s role in Asian security, and China’s military doctrine and security.
“This will be an opportunity for us to reiterate our support for our allies in the Asia-Pacific region who are helping in the war on terrorism and to share ideas about the future of that effort,” Senator Thompson said.
Thompson will be attending the conference with a bi-partisan Congressional delegation including Senators Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Jack Reed (D-RI), as well as Representatives Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Vic Snyder (D-AR), and Ellen Tauscher (D-CA).
Thompson, the senior Republican on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and a member of the Intelligence Committee, has been a leader on national security issues and addressing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Fred Thompson served as Special Counsel to both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senator Thompson was a member of the powerful Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over, among other things, international trade.
While a strong supporter of free trade, Senator Thompson has advocated a balanced approach to trade and national security. He has pushed for an export control policy that protects our country’s national security without unnecessarily burdening American industry with bureaucratic red tape. He has also proposed legislation to curb the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by China and other countries and to strengthen the United States’ response to such activities.
Senator Thompson also served as a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the National Security Working Group,
A Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Policy Research, Fred Thompson is an expert on national security and intelligence, with a focus on China, North Korea, and Russia. He is also an AEG Scholar specializing in Diplomatic Relations and Foreign Intelligence. He has authored articles and short publications on a wide range of policy-related topics.
Thompson has also served as a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and as a member of the National Security Working Group, which observes and monitors executive branch negotiations with foreign governments.
Until July 2007, Thompson was Chair of the International Security Advisory Board, a bipartisan advisory panel that reports to the Secretary of State and focuses on emerging strategic threats amd which observes and monitors executive branch negotiations with foreign governments. In that capacity, he advised the State Department about all aspects of arms control, disarmament, international security, and related aspects of public diplomacy.