I believe that his attitudes on a number of matters in foreign policy--on Soviet affairs, on Israeli affairs, on Angolan affairs--should be subject to severe question and to substantial criticism. What he has had to say about Israel is totally at variance with United States policy there in the past, and what I believe United States policy should be there in the future. The security interests of Israel are not a matter for just Israel. The United States has found a tremendous ally in Israel and in Egypt from the days of the Camp David accord and before. And when the gulf war was in process, even though Israel was taking a merciless bombardment from Iraq and refrained from defending itself even though it had the capability to respond, it held back as a matter of dignity and a matter of national pride.
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Senator Specter discusses concerns regarding Ambassador Talbott's foreign policy positions before a confirmation vote.
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