Trump’s Foreign Policy Cabinet Choices Positions on Middle East Issues
Support & Support & Push Gulf Safe zones More US Take in Advocate More air arm arm some states to do No-fly zone for ground Syrian removing strikes Kurdish “moderate” more/fight refugees troops refugees Assad fighters rebel groups ISIS
Donald Trump President
Mike Pence Vice President Rex Tillerson Secretary of State
James Mattis Defense Secretary Mike Flynn National Security Advisor KT McFarland Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Pompeo CIA Director Rick Perry Energy Secretary Nikki Haley UN Ambassador
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Trump’s Foreign Policy Cabinet Choices Positions on Middle East Issues
Re- Support Increase Counter Stand Commit to Re- impose Allow deal Israel’s security Iranian against Abide by protect Undo the impose sanctions with more military cooperation proxies in Iran’s the Iran GCC states Iran deal sanctions if Iran concessions edge/ with GCC & Middle human deal against on Iran fails to from Iran actions defense in Eastern rights Iran comply against Iran MENA countries violations Donald Trump President
Mike Pence Vice President
Rex Tillerson Secretary of State business with Iran ok James Mattis Defense Secretary Mike Flynn National Security Advisor KT McFarland Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Pompeo CIA Director Rick Perry Energy Secretary Nikki Haley UN Ambassador Steve Mnuchin Treasury Secretary
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December 2016 - 2 of 4
Trump’s Foreign Policy Cabinet Choices Positions on Middle East Issues
Keep current Close Prohibit harsh Tighten screening Reinstate Allocate more restrictions Guantanamo interrogation of people who Tighten NSA’s bulk funding and on NSA Bay techniques on traveled to screening of surveillance resources to surveillance (USA detention terrorism suspects countries with visa applicants program cybersecurity Freedom Act) center (e.g., waterboarding) terrorism problems Donald Trump President Mike Pence Vice President Rex Tillerson Secretary of State
James Mattis Defense Secretary Mike Flynn National Security Advisor KT McFarland Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Pompeo CIA Director Rick Perry Energy Secretary Nikki Haley UN Ambassador John Kelly Homeland Security Secretary
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December 2016 - 3 of 4
Trump’s Foreign Policy Cabinet Choices Positions on Middle East Issues
Double Support Increase Restrict standards strong military relations/ Recognize Support Move US Support Support regarding alliance with aid/defense funding to Palestinian Benjamin embassy to two-state illegal Israeli Palestinian Israel/Israeli support to Palestinian statehood Netanyahu Jerusalem solution settlements and Israeli security Israel Authority violence Donald Trump President Mike Pence Vice President Rex Tillerson Secretary of State
James Mattis Defense Secretary Mike Flynn National Security Advisor KT McFarland Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Pompeo CIA Director Rick Perry Energy Secretary Nikki Haley UN Ambassador David Friedman Ambassador to Israel
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